This year’s Rex Club Days, which took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday May 27, was awesome!
1948 Chevy Woodie owned by Con Neufeld from Fairoaks
The Mountain Cruisers annual car show drew 64 entrees from Susanvillle and Alturas to the west, the Intermountain area, Redding and Red Bluff, and Santa Rosa and Eureka to the east. Locals and visitors marveled at the wonderful woodies, terrific old trucks (some with trailers), candy-red classic cars, and other very fine vintage vehicles that filled the lot and the street front.
Here are photos of a few:
1934 Ford owned by Ted Drake from Montgomery Creek
1935 Ford Truck owned by Larry and Val Harvey from Redding
1939 Chevy Coupe owned by Pee Wee Rhodes from Redding
1940 Ford owned by Dan Fallo from Petaluma
1940 Mercury owned by Dale Wilkes from Old Station
1953 Studebaker PU owned by Dan and Sonja Knapek from Eureka
1930 Ford Woodie Panel Truck owned by Frank Wheeler from Santa Rosa
Cool classic truck and trailer
Very fine vintage Corvette
There were numerous booths, delicious refreshments, and lots of prizes and awards.
The Burney Chamber of Commerce was there selling T-Shirts for this year’s Burney Basin Days. If you missed getting one they are available at the Chamber Office or from local Chamber members.
Chamber members display 2017 Burney Basin Days T-Shirts
The Mountain Cruisers also graciously invited all of the candidates for 2017 Honorary Mayor of Burney to come to the show to campaign for their charities. Mary Francis Unterreiner took advantage of the opportunity and spoke briefly from the announcer’s booth about the work the St. Vincent de Paul is doing in the Intermountain Community for the less fortunate.
In addition, adjacent to the car show, the Annual Rotary Art and Craft Show organized by Rotary member and potter Andrew Urlie had eight booths featuring hand crafted wood items, soaps, metal work, pottery, survival bracelets, and home-grown wool yarn.
Mr. McKay diisplaying a rolling pin made out of pine cones
Hand-dyed yarn made from home-grown sheep
Hand-forged metalwork from Rawhide Forge
There was a lot to take in. It was a beautiful way to spend a beautiful day. There was a steady flow of people throughout the show.
Pit River Country 