Car Show highlights Father’s Day Weekend

The 27th annual Pizza’s Run Car Show filled the City Park in Soda Springs over the warm Father’s Day weekend with hundreds of visitors and seemingly endless rows of vehicles.  There are few things dads love more than dragging their kids to car shows, unless it’s telling those kids about how if they would have held onto that car they had in high school it would be worth a fortune now or diving into a detailed explanation of the function of a carburetor.  Luckily for the dads and kids in question, there were plenty of other dads on hand to have those conversations with, and plenty of activities to keep the kids busy in the meantime!

The Main Street Cruisers’ annual car show has become one of the premier events of its type in southeast Idaho, with people from all over the region making their way into town to show off their own vehicle projects and check out those of their fellow car enthusiasts.  Visitors to the car show were encouraged to stop and chat with the car owners about their projects, and there was no shortage of stories to go along with the wide variety of cars on display.  In fact, there were more stories than cars—sometimes even conflicting stories about the same cars!   

Jerry Stoor, representing the Caribou Historical Society, was on the field to show off the Society’s 1950 Ford F-1 pickup.  Dr. Evan Kackley, son of Dr. Ellis Kackley purchased this 1950 Ford F-1 pickup from the Rene J. Coppard Garage in 1950.  The Coppard Garage which housed many different businesses including a Barber Shop, the Idaho Café and the Post Office was located at the site of Eastman Drug on Main Street in Soda Springs. This truck was used at the Kackley ranch located in Williamsburg southeast of Wayan.  It was donated to the Caribou Historical Society by Al Kackley son of Evan Kackley in 2022.  Restoration on the truck was made possible with the support of Caribou Ford.

Mike and Austin Robinson brought out a 1953 Ford F-100 which had belonged to their great grandfather, who purchased it new.  As a result of being passed down through the family, the truck is able to maintain its “one owner” status.  On Friday night, the Cruisers hosted a Cruise up and down the highway through town, and the Robinsons detected the odor of an electrical fire.  Luckily, it turned out to be fairly minimal, and the 53 was looking fantastic for its star turn on Saturday.  (It was a popular stop for the aforementioned dads and their kids.)

Orville and Jan Caster showed up a 1948 Ford Coupe they call “the Moonshiner,” which was used for exactly that purpose in the past.  The car has been designed as a display with a false trunk, (possibly?) fake booze, and all the rest.  

There were a number of curated vehicle displays of different types, from specific makes and models, to years, to vehicle types.  

Although it’s not quite the same as being there, here is a sampling of images from the show.