The Show and Shine Car and Bike Show in downtown Minden is just around the corner.
Sponsored by the Vintage Car Club of Minden and Minden Main Street, the show will be Saturday, Sept. 9, and admission is free.
The show includes all classes of cars and bikes and boasts the largest trophy presentation in the area. Registration is also free, and will be from 7 until 11 a.m. No registration allowed after 11 a.m. as judging begins then.
Parked all along downtown Minden, beautiful classic cars and bikes will be shown. Prizes, craft and car-related vendors and fun for the entire family will be available.
A variety of food vendors, including fish plates, boiled shrimp, turkey legs, pork chop sandwiches, sno-cones, barbecue plates, smoked pigs feet, jambalaya, nachos, hot dogs, chili dogs, shrimp on a stick and steak on a stick. Coca-Cola drinks will also be available.
Additionally, there will be an out-of-the-box scale model contest. All scale modelers and car lovers are invited to enter. The theme is anything automotive. From beginner to expert modeler, divisions will be classic, competition, custom, hot rods, muscle cars, street cars, pickup trucks, light and vintage autos.
Proceeds benefit the Minden St. Jude Auction, The American Cancer Society, The Pink Ribbon Foundation and The American Sickle Cell Association.
For more information and contest rules on the scale model contest, contact Robert Eaton at 318-268-0723. Rules are also posted on the Bobbies Hobbies Facebook page.
For more information to enter the show, call Larry Gipson at 318-347-9558 or Wayne Edwards at 318-364-6425. Also visit the club’s website at www.vintagemindencars.com.