Hoquiam Push Rods Riverside Run Revival car show hits Levee Street Saturday

June 26, 2019 5:30 pm
FILE PHOTO Classic cars will line Levee Street in Hoquiam Saturday for the annual Hoquiam Push Rods Riverside Run Revival car show. Last year, this 1934 Ford Henry owned by Joe and Beth Pavletich of Montesano was among the dozens of entries.
FILE PHOTO Classic cars will line Levee Street in Hoquiam Saturday for the annual Hoquiam Push Rods Riverside Run Revival car show. Last year, this 1934 Ford Henry owned by Joe and Beth Pavletich of Montesano was among the dozens of entries.

Hoquiam’s Levee Street will be lined with classic cars for the annual Hoquiam Push Rods Riverside Run Revival car show Saturday.

The event at the 8th Street Landing features muscle cars, classics, roadsters, Beetles — just about everything on four wheels imaginable.

“This is the only show of the three we do where Push Rods members can bring their own cars,” said club Vice President Tony Halekakis, as the other two shows don’t have the available space to include cars that aren’t in competition. “So we’ve got close to 100 members, if 75 bring a car, that’s another really nice bunch of cars to look at.”

The show is free to the public and runs from 8 a.m. to about 3 p.m., but to get the best look at the most cars it’s best to get there before the awards ceremony starts at 1:30 p.m.

The popular “trash and treasures” auction runs from 1-2 p.m. The auction was started a few years ago, when the club asked members to “go through their attics and basements and garages and come up with stuff they wanted to get rid of,” said Halekakis. “The first year it was kind of more trash than treasure, but the thing has really taken on a life of its own and, my gosh, now it’s more treasure than trash.”

Items are set up across from the registration table, and tickets are $2 a pop.

“It runs from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and when we call your number you have 30 seconds to come up and get your prize,” said Halekakis. “It’s a lot of fun and it’s just amazing the quality of stuff we have.”

There will also be a 50/50 raffle, food vendors and music, and door prizes awarded every 10-15 minutes. All proceeds from the show go toward a number of local charities.

The Hoquiam Push Rods were founded by a group of friends in 1953. That group included Paul Love, who was guitarist for the original lineup of the Hoquiam rock and roll band The Beachcombers.

If you want to enter a car, the registration booth at the show opens at 8 a.m. Registration is $20 the day of the event, but pre-registration is available online at a cost of $15. To pre-register visit pushrods.org/registration.html. Registered participants will get a goodie bag while they last and dash plaques, and car numbers are drawn during the event for a Quinault Beach Resort Casino “staycation,” a $100 bill and other prizes.