![]() ![]() The fundraiser, now in its 25th year, benefits the Weld Food Bank. ![]() GREELEY, CO – AUGUST 05:From left, Bryce Blackburn, Xavier Blackburn and Fanacy Blackburn look over Manny Sosa’s 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible during the Kiwanis Club of the Rockies annual Cruise for Food car show fundraiser at the Weld Food Bank in Greeley Aug. “I’ve had two of them before back in the day, and I just had to get another one,” he said. Manny Sosa’s convertible 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass won recognition as one of the top five cars in the show. Parked in neat rows, with their hoods up, trucks open and tops dropped, all different makes, models and years of cars waited for the crowd of admirers as their proud owners sat nearby, ready to tell each car’s unique story. I need to get some better brakes on it,” Mighell said, laughing. Mighell plans to work on the little car’s suspension so that it “drives a little more straight” and its brakes. It’s close enough that I wouldn’t break down.” “My mom is part of the group putting on the show tonight. “I built it pretty much from the ground up a couple of years ago and have just been trying to cruise it and get it all tuned up right,” he said. “The first one we did, we wanted 50 cars and we got 83.”įor Kaden Mighell, 22, of Greeley, the show was a chance to showcase his latest project: a 1967 VW Beetle. “Back in the day, we were putting a car show on for the United Way, and I said, ‘Why don’t we do one for the food bank?’ Because we took a tour of the food bank when it was out by the railroad,” Smith said. While his cohort in organizing the show has moved on, the event still continues to be Smith’s “baby.” GREELEY, CO – AUGUST 05:Galloping horses adorn the inside of the hood of Mike Yost’s 2014 Ford Shelby GT 500 during the Kiwanis Club of the Rockies annual Cruise for Food car show fundraiser at the Weld Food Bank in Greeley Aug. As one of the co-founders of the annual car show, Craig Smith has been organizing and rallying participants and sponsors for the show ever since its infancy.
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