A diverse collection of vehicles was on display at Holy Trinity school in Simcoe.
Holy Trinity Catholic High School’s 2022 Car, Truck and Tractor Show helped bring the community together Friday, with more than 50 vehicles on display, raising funds for the United Way.
“It is Norfolk County,” smiled Holy Trinity student Joyce Fox, a member of the car show organizing committee.
There were 11 prize categories, including antique tractor, which was won by Fox from Canfield, northeast of Cayuga.
The prize-winning tractor is a 1939 Farmall BN.
“It’s quite old – we touched it up, fixed the engine, and my dad modified it to make it a two-seater so you can drive it from either side,” said Fox.
“Originally it was a row-crop tractor but now it’s a nice show tractor to put in parades. It’s not one of our work tractors. Most of our tractors are John Deeres but my dad likes to play with the Farmall (International Harvester).”
The fact she got to work with her dad made the project even better.
“It was good to work on it with my dad,” she said. “I like it, it’s something me and my dad do.”
There was a mix of students and people from the community showing vehicles Friday, and a steady flow of visitors in the morning.
“If you’re really into vehicles, and how they work, you might look at them all,” said Fox, “but some people are just into cars, and some people are really just into tractors. It’s great.
“We had a great turnout considering this morning it was raining. We were afraid we were going to get rained out. We still had quite a few cars come out, we had trucks come out, and a few motorcycles as well. And tractors, which is awesome.”
More than $500 was raised for the United Way.
“It was a big team effort this year, but luckily we started earlier this year, so we were able to incorporate more. It’s really nice to see everyone come out again (after a two-year pandemic pause),” Fox said. “It’s a really good community-building event and I really enjoyed being able to finish off because this is my senior year and this is one of the last events that I get to help plan.”
Grade 10 Holy Trinity student Stein Backx from Waterford brought his family’s Fendt 714 (144hp) tractor.
“I think it’s appropriate to have all of the vehicles together,” said Backx, a fan of the diversity on display. “Let everyone show them on one day.”
Holy Trinity student Mason Bieri, who hails from Villa Nova, agrees.
“Bring whatever you have,” said Bieri, who brought a John Deere 8310R tractor.
With a top speed of 55 km/h it took 20 minutes to drive the Fendt into Simcoe.
“His is a lot faster than the one I brought,” said Bieri.
“Fendt’s the good one,” laughed Backx.
“No, I’d say John Deere is,” Bieri shot back.
Ron Reppington from Simcoe, who has grandsons attending Holy Trinity, brought his 1979 Corvette, an iconic sports car he bought two years ago.
“The first owner took really good care of it,” said Reppington. “I’ve done a few things. It has the original floor mats, carpet, but I put them in the back and I ordered some floor mats from Corvette.”
The best part of any car show, said Reppington, a member of the Lake Erie Coast Cruisers, which has about 400 members from Norfolk County and area, is meeting people.
“Connecting with people, the networking.”
