SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — The sweltering heat didn’t keep local residents from laying an extra coat of wax on their vintage roadsters and putting their lawn chairs to use.
Saturday saw 1st avenue and 13th street in downtown Sioux Falls, packed with residents seeking to get a glimpse of some of our most iconic vehicles in their glorious antiquity. Food vendors lined the empty parking lot adjacent to the downtown hardware store, while private security and Sioux Falls police roamed the event.
One of the unlikely gems of the car show dominated by “American muscle” was Volkswagen’s highly recognizable 1968 bus. Owned by Marlo Arp who runs the Inwood Trading post, a two-level vintage shop located outside of Canton. Arp got involved after being approached by event organizers. The van draped in bumper stickers from locales visited in the past, and the inside which she referred to as a “labor of love” is decorated with the things that mean the most to her. The windows are draped with t-shirts of attended rock concerts with a back seat covered by a quilt hand-knitted by her grandmother.
Like Marlo, two more regular participants in the festivities were Dennis who owns a state of the art 2012 Dodge challenger, clad in yellow paint accentuated with a black racing stripe. And Ron Hammerschmidt who owns a steel blue 1968 Pontiac Firebird. The two self-proclaimed car enthusiasts have attended more than 100 car shows between them. With Dennis finding his love for vehicles almost 50 years ago, falling in love as he stated with a 1970 Plymouth Cuda, and Hammerschmidt purchasing his first project car being his present Pontiac Firebird in 1996.
The Nyberg’s Ace car show has become a Sioux Falls staple and is one of the cities biggest car shows.
