June 30 , 2022 The Beacon • 27

By Marianne Austin

Classic Corvette owners and enthusiasts came from near and far to enjoy classic automobiles on June 12 at Roscoe Village ’ s 23rd annual car show , sponsored by the Classic Glass Corvette Club based out of New Philadelphia . Rick Conti from Conklin Chevrolet had giveaways . Spike Man DJ Service out of Scio provided classic rock all afternoon .

“ This is a great place to have a show . It started out a cloudy , rainy morning , but we ’ ve got well over 100 cars here already , and we expect more to come in before the show is over ,” said Mike Johnson , chairman of the event . “ Corvettes are categorized in generations , like a C-1 Corvette is 1953- 62 , C-2 is 63-67 . There are different body styles , so in the case of the C-8 , it ’ s the newest one . The engine is in a totally different place than it was in the past C-Vetts .

“ We have first , second and third place in each one of the generations , plus prizes for Best of Show and Club Choice , as well as Oldest Corvette and an award for largest club attendance . Roscoe Village also has an award for their choice with their own award for that . We have clubs from Pennsylvania , Shenango Valley , Vett Set Society , Street Elite Club out of Columbus and Canton Corvette Club , a fairly new club .”

Dennis Webber , a member of a Shenango Valley

Marianne Austin

Classic Corvette owners and enthusiasts came from near and far to enjoy classic automobiles on June 12 at Roscoe Village ’ s 23rd annual car show .

Corvette Club in Pennsylvania , brought a Corvette from 1964 that he had just finished renovating .

“ I purchased it from the original owner about four years ago ,” he said . “ The former owner had it for 54 years , and it was sitting in his garage for about 29 . It needed a complete frameoff restoration , body work and paint . I kept it all original because it was all numbers matching . Yesterday we drove it here . It was the first time out , three-hour drive and it did great . I have three Corvettes , a 64 and 69 and a 2010 .

“ Many years ago when I

was in high school , I worked at Arby ’ s restaurant in the drive-thru , and this beautiful young lady would come through in an orange 1975 Corvette , and I remember telling the other employees that someday I was going to have one of those . One of my co-workers asked , ‘ The blonde driving the car or the car ?’ And I said both . That started my love for them , and it took me a long time to get one , but now I have three . We never miss the Roscoe show . We ’ ve been coming for years as a club .”

Webber also won the Roscoe Village Choice Award .

Apricot Brandy is owned by David Kreager .

David Kreager of Millersport is the owner of a 1954 Corvette raced by Jimmy Elliot back in the late ‘ 60s .

“ He was one heck of a racer , and he ’ s still alive , 83 years old and lives in Florida ,” Pam Osborn said . “ He comes to the shows every now and then to see his car . The car was painted apricot with spiderwebbing , which was a common thing back then . It has the original paint job . A friend of ours had it in a garage for 40 years and took all the racing lettering off . We found the original guy — Dauber in the Cincinnati area — from 50 years ago , and he restored it . He put the graphics on it the same as it was then . He still had all the signs and lettering he ever used on all cars .

“ The 10.39 written on the car is because she did pull that out of the hole . She was really quick , and that made the bigger cars hard to catch up with her . She would win at both ends of the track , take-off and coming in . The letters and lines are by Dauber ; he puts his own little signs and sayings on his work . Under the butterfly , it says , ‘ The seeds of the future have roots in the past .’ With the graphics on it , it fits a whole different category because now it is historical .”

Marianne Austin

The 2022 trophy winners include the following :

— C-1 Class ( 1953- 62 ): first , Steve and Nancy Kidwell of Walhonding , 1954 Corvette ; second , Dick Darby of Zanesville , 1962 Corvette ; and third , Travis McConnell of West Lafayette , 1962 Corvette .

— C-2 Class ( 1963-67 ): first , Ken Jelley , 1964 Corvette of Brookfield , and second , Cole Vance of Mount Vernon , 1964 Corvette .

— C-3 Class ( 1963-82 ): first , Teddy and Jane Paster of Madison , 1975 Corvette ; second , John Swingle of Nashport , 1969 Corvette ; and third , Frank Ernst of Valley Grove , West Virginia , 1979 Corvette .

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