Fans of the 91原创 Good Times Cruise-In filled Fraser Hwy between 264th Street and 272nd Street with an estimated 1,400 cool vehicles, and many times that number of visitors, who packed the street and several side roads and parking lots for the Saturday, Sept. 10 event.

A slightly frazzled Riccardo Sestito, president of the Cruise-In said it was hard to provide an exact number, because in the scramble to accommodate so many vehicles, some didn鈥檛 didn鈥檛 formally register, but still made donations to the charitable fundraiser.

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鈥淲e鈥檙e crammed,鈥� Sestito summed up for the 91原创 Advance Times.

鈥淲e鈥檙e full. We ran out of room. We鈥檝e cars parked on every little cranny you could find. It鈥檚 one for the records.鈥�

Even harder is estimating crowd size when people can come and go anywhere along the route. But based on the sheer congestion, it may have been a record.

鈥業t鈥檚 fantastic to see the crowds come out to support us,鈥� Sestito said.

Southern California custom car legend Jimmy Shine was back, looking for a winner of the coveted Shine Speed Shop Award of Excellence, with the previous year鈥檚 winner Sean 鈥楬ollywood鈥� Sinclaire, a former 91原创 resident who lives in Parksville, and Karl Fisher of Missions鈥� Make It Kustom shop.

Shine explained he can make suggestions about worthy candidates, but the pick was up to the previous winner, Sinclaire.

鈥淭he final decision falls on this man, here,鈥� Shine said.

Sinclaire was looking for someone who 鈥減ut their hearts and soul鈥� into their creation, and so was Fisher.

鈥淵ou can tell how someone loves a car,鈥� Fisher remarked.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 what I鈥檓 looking for.鈥�

Late in the day, the winner was announced 鈥� Trevor Williams from Nanaimo, who will be making the pick at next year鈥檚 Cruise-In.

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Aldergrove鈥檚 Menno Wiesehahn brought his never-restored, immaculate 1966 Acadian.

鈥淚t鈥檚 never been painted,鈥� Wiesehahn said.

鈥淭he interior鈥檚 original, the paint鈥檚 original, the chrome鈥檚 original 鈥� it鈥檚 completely untouched.鈥�

It looked like it had just driven off a showroom floor.

He explained it had one previous owner, a Saskatchewan woman who never took it out when there was salt on the road.

鈥淪he brought it brand new, she didn鈥檛 like driving in rain or snow, so she just didn鈥檛.鈥�

Wiesehahn has been a faithful Cruise-In participant since it started.

鈥淚 definitely like the fact that it鈥檚 now in Aldergrove, because I live like three blocks from the car show,鈥� he commented.

Chuck Dudek brought his 1956 Buick Special two-door hardtop, with a small sign suggesting it might be for sale.

Dudek, who moved from Nanaimo with his wife Rose to their new home between 91原创 and Fort 91原创, explained the sale was being forced by a lack of space for vehicles.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 have room for them all, and something must be sacrificed, and I begged the wife to keep me,鈥� he laughed.

Rose, he added, is a car fan herself, one who ranks the Buick as her favourite ride.

鈥淎n enjoyable partner for a car person like me,鈥� he said, smiling.

After COVID restrictions prevented In-N-Out Burger from coming across the border last year, the iconic American hamburger chain鈥檚 portable restaurant returned, and so did the the long lineups of patient burger lovers.

Dan and Deirdre Taylor from Willoughby arrived at 8:15 a.m., and by 11 they were nearing the front of the line.

Deirdre explained they developed a taste for the fresh-tasting In-N-Out burgers during a visit to California.

鈥淸It鈥檚 a] fresh tasting burger,鈥� she explained. 鈥淭hey take pride in the food they make.鈥�

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Dan said 鈥渢hey do one thing and they do it well,鈥� adding the wait is part of the experience, and worth it.

鈥淎bsolutely,鈥� Deirdre agreed.

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