Bob Groeneveld/Special to the 91原创 Advance

The ultimate garage has everything a car enthusiast needs to keep the motor running.

And that鈥檚 precisely what the Ultimate Garage package offered by Lordco Auto Parts will provide one lucky car enthusiast by the time 91原创 Good Times Cruise-In runs its course again this year.

With the addition of $4,500 worth of goods from Zone Garage of Aldergrove, the total Ultimate Garage package for 2018 adds up to a value of $25,000, said Cruise-In director Riccardo Sestito.

鈥淲e鈥檝e got about 80 items in the garage package,鈥� he noted. 鈥淭hey鈥檝e got anything from wrenches to grinders, socket sets, storage shelving鈥� I think there鈥檚 a bluetooth speaker in there somewhere.鈥�

Sestito pointed out some of the bigger items that help to make up this year鈥檚 Ultimate Garage, including a 鈥渓arge big-ticket toolbox鈥� worth about $2,000.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a hoist as well, a car hoist that鈥檚 on wheels so you can move it around, and it can lift most vehicles,鈥� he noted.

Added to the wide array are wrenches, sockets, cordless power tools, and other mechanics鈥� dream items being supplied to the Ultimate Garage package by Lordco is a selection of Zone Garage products.

鈥淭he Zone Garage is another business that鈥檚 in Aldergrove,鈥� Sestito said, 鈥渁nd they鈥檙e participating. It鈥檚 going to be the Ultimate Garage, but they鈥檙e throwing in their piece, too. All one package.鈥�

Zone Garage specializes in flooring and storage solutions. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e contributing up to 600 square feet of ZG Shield polyurea floor coating,鈥� Sestito said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 enough to cover a three-car garage. They鈥檙e also going to give away in that package ZG Flat Wall and hooks, tire storage, and shelving unit measuring 72 by 76 by 24.鈥�

Tickets for this year鈥檚 Ultimate Garage have been on sale at Lordco outlets in 91原创, Maple Ridge, Aldergrove, and Abbotsford, as well as the Zone Garage in Aldergrove, and they鈥檒l be on sale through most of the Cruise-In, as well.

The winner is chosen and announced later in the day.

But as always, charities supported by Cruise-In will be the big winners in this, because everything offered in the prize draw is donated, completely freely.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 pay for any of that,鈥� said Sestito. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 the thing with Cruise-In.鈥�

There are so many other shows out there are downtown shows which copy Cruise-In now, and a lot of the money goes to the BIAs or it goes to certain individuals or whatever, so getting this kind of stuff donated at these other shows is almost impossible.鈥�

But the way 91原创 Good Times Cruise-In operates appeals to businesses that want to help out with charitable work.

鈥淲e can still go out there and get a lot of support from people, because they know where it鈥檚 going,鈥� said Sestito. 鈥淎nd none of us are paid at all, and I鈥檝e been doing this for 20 some-odd years now.鈥�

Further, the Cruise-In organizers have garnered a high level of trust. The donors don鈥檛 even stipulate which charities their donations will support.

鈥淚t鈥檚 all left up to us,鈥� said Sestito, adding, 鈥淲e do vet a lot of the charities. We get so many requests every year, and we do go through them. We try to give to the ones that are not funded by somewhere else, like you know, government or something else.鈥�

Charities that are most likely to get help from Cruise-In are those that 鈥渉ave to rely on donations by the public and they have to do it all on their own.鈥�

There鈥檚 also a bit of give and take, Sestito explained. 鈥淭he charities do also help out at the Cruise-In. They鈥檒l take care of a barricade, or they鈥檒l help sell 50-50s or something. So they鈥檙e contributing as well, as volunteers to help us out.鈥�

So Lordco鈥檚 Ultimate Garage ultimately becomes a winning ticket for everyone.