Excelsior Cruze in Car Show this Sat 6/14 9-noon

Tonka Cruzers will present their car show this Saturday 9-noon at 440 Water St, Excelsior MN. 

Stop by to see some collector cars. We had 29 cars a couple weekends ago! There will be no Flea Market Saturday, due to Art on the Lake.

When you are in Excelsior for Art on the Lake, make sure you swing by the car show on Saturday morning. Free for attendees and visitors!

Recent car shows plus fist Tonka Cruzers Excelsior show this Saturday May 31

All,

Car Season is in full swing since we jumped from Winter to Summer with virtually no Spring to speak of. Now it boils down to which Car Show to attend – endless choices!

 

The photos I have attached are of the first ever Eden Prairie High School Car Club car show May 17th. Kudos to EPHS for starting this club and the show was successful with about 70 cars at the show.

 

A variety of cars showed up and I will just comment on a couple photos – Steve Olson’s 1984 Mini Cooper with right hand drive and an automatic transmission. Check out the Car Club jacket that I got a kick with the Car Club name.

 

OK just to mention a couple shows …  like mine….  this Saturday the 31^st 9 to noon at the old Mason Motors lot. I have door prizes …. Tickets to the 10,000 Lakes Concours d’Elegance Car Show Sunday at the Lake front Lake Minnetonka -2^nd Annual, shirts from the Excelsior Brewery, Gift Certificate from Joey Novas, Gift Certificate for Non-Oxy Gas from Greenwood Market HWY 7 and Christmas Lake rd.

 

Oh ya, Friday – Free Grilled Burger meal and Car Show at Headquarters Machine  & Restoration in New Hope  11 to 1 …. www.HQ-MA.com

 

Lots to do in Excelsior – Brewery opens around noon, your choice of a lot of restaurants, tour boats, ice cream shop and trolley and retail shops to visit so come for my show then visit Historic Excelsior – fun galore!

 

Hope to see you this Saturday

Rick Meyer

Tonka Cruzers Car Club - Excelsior

Tonka Cruzers Car Club First Show is this Saturday May 31; Excelsior Flea Market Starts June 7

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Join us for our first Car Show on May 31, 2014 9-noon

Tonka Cruzers Car Club Blog Update

OK I am still around but very neglectful on a Blog update [last one featuring Gary Berry’s Rolls Royce on frozen Lake MTK in January] but in my defense we have and are super busy!

 The latest was the Cars I got for International School of MTK Play Bye-Bye Birdie … minimal Cars but maximum fun! Had the Cars on display before the play and after the play with the cast members present for pictures with the Cars. I will not go on and on about the Event but let the photos tell the story.

A HUGE thanks to those who brought their Cars!

 

Next is my Excelsior Car Show for this Summer – same place and times but check the dates on the new flier. The first show will be May 31^st the same weekend The Concours d’Elegance which will be on Sunday June 1^st.

 

Next is some upcoming Shows I will mention:
 

Eden Prairie High School Car Club is hosting their first ever Car Show on Saturday May 17^th at EP High School 8 to Noon – for more information visit www.ephscarclub.weebly.com

 

Youngstedts is hosting the 2^nd Annual Chanhassen Charity Car Show in Chanhassen Saturday June 7^th – for more information visit www.propfood.org/chanhassen-charity-charity-car-show

 

My Assisted Shows this year will be Wealshire of Bloomington and Minnetonka Assisted only so far as Catholic Elder Care of NE Minneapolis is doing some remodeling so had to cancel this year. Stay tuned for Dates and Times. 

Winter has not been fun so let’s really enjoy our shortened Car Season this year. One casualty of the winter [true story] is that one of the Car Guys couldn’t get his Ride out of storage due to the boats in the storage facility remained in storage  so his car was trapped – yikes! 

 

Last the mystery Mustang in the last picture will have a follow up story eventually and pictures of the build process and description of the Car. 

Be Well and hope to see you at my Show and other Shows

Rick Meyer

Tonka Cruzers Car Club - Excelsior

PS The Greenwood Market at Highway 7 and Christmas Lake Rd, sells non-oxy gas if you need it! 

 

For your viewing pleasure, check these websites:

http://autos.yahoo.com/video/unsung-hero-mustang-ii-torque-120000000.html 

 

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/rare-mustang-boss-302-emerges-barn-40-slumber-202830266.html 

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/ford-car-ces-144911646.html 

http://news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-rarest-cars-060000725.html 

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/06/why-fords-f-150-still-dominates-the-2014-chevy-sil.aspx#.Us1njfsnXeI 

http://news.yahoo.com/video-audi-unveils-amazing-laserlight-advanced-headlights-system-205515816.html 

http://news.yahoo.com/three-wheel-6-800-car-gears-2015-us-193306020.html

 http://autos.yahoo.com/news/2015-ford-mustang-feature-enhanced-sync-applink-tech-170010819.html 

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/10/dodge-to-reveal-hellcat-powered-challenger-in-detroit/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000588

 

http://news.yahoo.com/carmakers-driverless-cars-legal-framework-224208368--finance.html

  https://autos.yahoo.com/photos/dream-cars-a-vision-of-the-future-of-automobiles-slideshow/

Rolls Royce with Snowplow! Seen on frozen Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior Bay, Minnesota

Gary Berry's Rolls Royce Snowplow on Lake Minnetonka. Gary is a regular at the summer Tonka Cruzers Car Club Car Shows in Excelsior, MN. He took his unique vehicle out on the ice roads of Lake Minnetonka last week.  Here is the story of this unusual car in Gary's own words:

Info provided by Gary Berry:

Some specifics on my car

1981 Rolls Royce Silver Spur originally from Germany

I bought off ebay from a dealer in florida

Through a series of unfortunate circumstance the motor blew leaving the car pretty much worthless. Rather than scrap it i held onto it to bring back to life a project i wanted to do in the early 80s when i had a 1962 rambler with a good body and bad frame and a 1976 jeep cherokee chief with a bad body. I had totally rebuilt the drivetrane in the jeep so i was going to put my rambler body on the jeep frame. That project never happened so when the Rolls became a project it seemed natural to Minnesotaize the Rolls by making it 4 wheel drive.

 I bought a 1993 suburban, tore it down to the frame and shortened it by 8"

I bought a new 4 bolt 350 chev, 4 speed truck trans and a remanufactured transferre case and have now been working and tweeking on it for about 4 years

 I still have lots of work to do but at least it is useable and a fun car to have.

Photos by Rick Meyer

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! from Tonka Cruzers Car Club

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Yeah that’s my Mildred decked out for Christmas.

Sorry for a lapse in updating my Blog site but have been busy with the Christkindlsmarkt Event in Excelsior for the last few months and now the follow up. This is the 8^th year of this event which ran the 3 days after Thanksgiving and our most successful one yet.

Check us out at ExcelsiorChristmas.com

Please view the photos of the opening day Parade the Friday after Thanksgiving with Santa and the Christmas Angel in the lead with some Elves. Check out the photos of a couple of the Car guys [Roger and Chuck] who faithfully participate in the Parade every year – a big thanks to them!

Will continue to update my Blog on a more regular basis with tidbits of interest to all the Car Folk out there so keep checking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The photo of the transformation of Jim Boylan’s 1940 Chev [after he sold it] is amazing. It was at a couple of my Car Shows and gotta say it was very straight and a solid car to begin with and the party who bought it did a great job of having it restored to original – absolutely my kind of restoration, thanks for sharing Jim. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now had to include this last photo of Tracy and me at the Assisted Living Car Show I sponsor in Bloomington. This one of three I sponsor during the summer and getting more successful every year.

This last summer a restored Bus from the Excelsior run showed up that was part of a collection and a Bus that was one that actually was used in the Excelsior run, how cool is that – made for a great photo op!

 

Anyway, that’s it for now and if you have any news or interesting car related “stuff” please send it to me to include on my Blog. It will help fill a void until we can get back on the road again.

Have a safe Holiday Season and hope to see or hear from you soon.

Rick and Tracy,

Tonka Cruzers Car Club - Excelsior