By Bob Groeneveld/91原创 Advance Times
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Model A Sunday isn鈥檛 just about the iconic Ford car.
It鈥檚 just that the Model A was easily the most popular car in the period covered by the popular car show at the BC Farm Museum in Fort 91原创 this weekend.
鈥淔ord had built a million cars by 1922,鈥� explained Mike McVay, spokesperson for the Central Fraser Valley Chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada, which is presenting the show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 2.
鈥淧eople think all the cars back then are Fords, but they were just the most popular. There were 80 different car manufacturers across North America prior to 1928,鈥� he said, adding, 鈥渂ut most got wiped out when the Depression hit in 1929, and they couldn鈥檛 sell any cars.鈥�
Model A Sunday brings together all makes and models of cars from 1932 and earlier.
鈥淥n a nice day, we can get 55 to 60 cars out,鈥� McVay predicted.
Most of the cars that will show up will likely be from between 1932 and 1928, he said.
McVay, a member of the vintage car club for about the poast 12 years, plans to roll up to the Fort 91原创 farm museum in his 鈥�28 Pontiac 鈥� an early model of one of the relatively few companies to survive the Depression.
The first Pontiac, he noted, was built in November of 1926.
McVay expects there will also be some 鈥渂rass cars,鈥� so called because 鈥渢here鈥檚 an awful lot of brass on the lights and the radiators of those old cars,鈥� which makes them shiny, 鈥渂ut it takes a lot of work to keep them that way, because the brass tarnishes pretty fast.鈥�
Brass cars were mostly manufactured prior to the First World War. Stanley Steamers are sometimes included in the class, said McVay, 鈥淏ut not quite.鈥�
Some of the vehicles that appear at the show are unique, McVay said.
He offered as an example 鈥渁 1926 Chevy truck a fellow sometimes brings. A one-ton equivalent, it鈥檚 completely unrestored 鈥� even the wood is original, 鈥渁nd there鈥檚 a lot of wood on it.鈥�
鈥淗e keeps it running, and he keeps it covered most of the time,鈥� McVay said. 鈥淲eather does more harm to vehicles than anything else.鈥�
Also popular at Model A Sunday are the Valley Antique Small Engine Club.
They鈥檒l be there with their small engines, said McVay, 鈥渕aking lots of noise and attracting a lot of attention.鈥�
The Lions Club will have a concession at the show, and 鈥渘ice music鈥� will be provided by Gibson & Gretsch Combo.
