SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — The Sawyer Motors Car Show reved up the fun and visitors showed up in record numbers Sunday to view hundreds of classic, antique, muscle and unique modern vehicles.
Sawyer Motors owner Bob Siracusano, who runs the show with his brother Larry Siracusano, owner of Sawyer Chevy in Catskill, estimated there were between 500 and 600 cars this year along with entertainment provided by bands at Main and Market streets, Partition and Main streets and near Mirabella’s on Partition Street.
Bob Siracusano said it was one the biggest turnouts in terms of cars and the crowds he’s ever seen. He expected to hand out $70,000 in proceeds from the registration of the cars to various non-profits late Sunday afternoon
Each car has a unique story and the owners take great pride in them. They included Mccoy Melter of Poughkeepsie, who brought his 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS396 L34 muscle car.
A self-professed “Chevy Guy,” Melter said he had a 1971 Chevy Nova years back but had to sell it after a divorce to his first wife and left the classic car world.
But then in 2015, he had enough money to track down the Chevelle, which still had its original builders sheet from a General Motors factory in Kansas City online and bought it from a man in Rhode Island.
“This is my first big block,” Melter said, speaking about the 396-cubic-inch engine. “I always had small blocks before and, boy, does it make a difference.”
Thomas Frost of Wappingers Falls showed off what he called the finest in American-made luxury: A massive 1964 Cadillac. He said he’s the third owner. He bought it from a friend who is a well-known car collector and was looking to downsize his collection when he turned 80 after having the car for 47 years.
He said it still has only 34,000 miles on it in after nearly 60 years. Some of the miles were recorded in Dutchess County by its original owner, an insurance salesman who collected people’s premiums for auto and life insurance for the first seven years of the car’s life.
“I loved Cadillacs growing up,” he said. “But we were poor and my dad couldn’t afford a Cadillac.,”
He said praised the car’s craftsmanship, ride quality and luxurious interior with couch-like red leather seats. “Cadillac advertised themselves as the standard of the world,” he said.
Rich Cartwright of Hudson brought his 1937 Packard 115 to the show. He said it was considered the “poor man’s Packard” of the luxury brand that disappeared when it merged with another long-gone automotive nameplate, Studebaker.
“It was worth $900 when new,” Cartwright said. “That was a lot of money back then.”
He said he likes Packards because he likes their body styling.
Maureen and Dale Hoose have always been into classic Chevy cars like Chevelles, Novas and Malibus. They finally had a chance to get a hold of a classic Camaro and with upgrades that included fuel injection it cranks out 500 horsepower.
“Back in high school I wanted to buy one,” Maureen Hoose said. “I didn’t get it.” But that changed in 2006 when the couple bought it off a young man in Red Hook.
Other enthusiasts, like Kareen Washington of Kingston, prefer pickup trucks. He made the short trip up the road with his 1972 Chevy C-10 short bed.
Washington said he’s always been a Chevy truck enthusiast. When this one came up for sale online, he made a deal for the truck, which features an upgraded engine.
“I grew up dreaming of wanting a truck and I knew I always wanted a truck like this,” he said.
Ezra Cafaldo was enjoying his new/old 1937 Chevy truck, gifted to him by his uncle, Ulster Hose Co. No. 5 Chief Shawn Heppner. Heppner happened upon it while working at a barn in Hurley.
Unlike the many high-horsepower hot rods and muscle cars, the truck’s original inline six-cylinder engine takes it up to a more leisurely top speed of around 45 to 50 mph, Cafaldo said.
“It’s from 1937 and it has the original engine,” he said. “We don’t push it too hard.”
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