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Trophy winners from 2026
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Okay, thank you DJ Steve.
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You're doing a great job this afternoon.
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And we want to thank everybody for
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coming out today, whether you were a
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spectator or brought out your car, I
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think you made this a very nice event.
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We want to thank God for giving us this
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great day.
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We also want to thank the town of
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Cresskill for hosting this. They provide
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a lot of the benefits such as the
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restroom, the electricity, the police
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that make this possible. And of course
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we want to thank our veterans at the
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American Legion for making us all
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possible, keeping our country safe and
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free. We really appreciate that. Thank
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you.
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Okay, we want to thank our sponsors,
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Doyle's Automotive out of New Milford.
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Alternative Car Solutions, Auto Storage
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Company, and Innovation Insurance Group.
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They also helped make today possible.
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Thank you very much. Okay, so we have
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some awards to give out.
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Everybody seems to like to get a trophy,
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so
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all the cars will receive awards. We
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like to give one to everybody, but just
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economically that's just not feasible.
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We do give dash plaques. We're one of
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the few shows left that do that.
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Just with the we have different
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categories and members of the Restored
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Rusty Relics are not eligible to receive
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awards, so
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the cars you see along here are all
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members' cars, so we don't get awards.
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Anyway, with that being said, we'll
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start out with class number one, which
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is 1949 and older or pre-war.
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And the first one is a '47 Plymouth
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Wagon of Jordan Goodman.
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And if you ever watched the later
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episodes of The Waltons, you may have
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seen this car.
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On well, not this exact car, but they
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had a Plymouth Woody and there's not too
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many of those made.
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Next one is also a pre-war category, '49
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and older is a 1930 A owned by
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[clears throat] John Herbeck.
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Thank you, John.
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Moving on up to our next class, 1950 to
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'59, '54 Chevrolet, Tom Allen.
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Okay, 1960 to '69, we're going to stay
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with Chevrolet, 1967 Chevrolet, Richie
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Smith.
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Okay, next class is the 1970s and it
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looks like Chevrolet's going for the hat
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trick here. Now we got a '77 Chevrolet
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Corvette, George Mitchell. George.
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Okay, we'll change things up for the
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1980s, 1980 to '89, '87 Firebird
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Formula, Dan Cassini.
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Thank you.
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Going into the '90s. All right, we're
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going to go with the Panther platform,
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1990 Mercury Grand Marquis.
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2000 to 2009.
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Back to Chevrolet, Chevrolet Corvette
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2002.
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Sherry Pep- Pepa- Nico?
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Sherry. Sherry.
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Lady in pink.
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Thank you very much.
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2010 to 2019.
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2011 Camaro pace car, Derek Costa.
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Derek Costa? Yes. Now, I'm sorry, Derek
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Costa.
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Next Next class is our convertible or
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ragtop class, 1976 MGB, Tom Bavone.
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Okay, great. Next class is our truck
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class, 1974 Bronco, Joe DeMauro.
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Okay, our next class is our import
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class. That goes to a 1969 Jaguar
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E-Type, Mike Rosen.
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That's it. I got a wingman, too.
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They're going to take the dog, you keep
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the trophy.
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All right, our next is our custom award.
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That goes to David McKee, 1954 Pontiac
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Chieftain.
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And I think David, you you came all the
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way up from Jersey City today?
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Thank you very much for coming up. We
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appreciate it.
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All right, our next class is a hot rod
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and this is not a hot rod in the
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classical sense, but it is a modified
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car and that's a '73 Dodge Challenger,
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Eric C.
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>> [laughter]
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>> So we have another convertible award
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here.
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And this is next class. Unfortunately,
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we didn't have any cars 2020 to '26, so
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we created second convertible because we
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had a lot of convertibles out today. And
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this is going to a '67 Cadillac, Jimmy
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Holland.
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Next class is pony car. Pony car
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obviously Mustang, but it also could be
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a Camaro or a Barracuda or a Challenger
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or maybe even a Javelin if one showed
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up, but that goes to an '18 Mustang GT,
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Mack McCraw. Mack McCraw.
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Our next class is a sports car class and
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that's basically two seats. That's kind
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of how we define that. And that goes to
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MG, Art Isaacs. Art Isaacs with an MG.
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>> [applause]
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>> Okay, our next class is luxury car.
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So obviously any type of car that we
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consider luxury and today our judges
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considered that to be a 2005 Jaguar XJ8
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owned by Glenn Bergen.
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Glenn.
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Okay, we'll give this guy credit. He
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drove a motorcycle here today.
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No windows. He's got the air
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conditioning on. That is Paul Crohn,
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2019 Street Glide Harley.
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Where are you going to put the trophy on
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the way home?
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Give it to the wife. Okay. She didn't
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come on the bike, huh? Okay.
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All right, next class is special
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interest. This is kind of any oddball
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things, maybe a military vehicle, fire
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truck, ambulance, anything that's kind
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of different. And today our judge
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thought the 2015 Slingshot, Brad H, was
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a little different today.
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Doyle's Automotive Award.
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And that was selected by his service
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rep, Christine. Unfortunately, he could
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not make it here today. He sends his
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regrets.
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But she selected a '73 Dodge Challenger,
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Giovanni Rodello. Giovanni. Somebody put
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S for it. Sorry.
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All right, next award has special
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meaning to the Restored Rusty Relics.
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Actually, next two awards. These are
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members that we lost recently. Next
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award is for George Lauer.
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Many of you, I'm sure a lot of you know
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George or knew George. He had a big
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Pierce-Arrow
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and and a Packard and he was always at
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the show and I'll say one thing, George
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was the first guy here and the last guy
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to leave and if you needed something, he
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would do it, always with a smile on his
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face, never let anything get him down.
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Just really we're going to miss him.
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His family is here to present that award
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and they selected a '66 Ford Thunderbird
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by Steve Cornfield.
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Steve.
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And here to present the award is the
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Lauer family.
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Um, thank you very much. I would
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consider that quite an honor
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to get that award. George is going to be
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greatly missed and I'm sure many of you
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many of you knew him.
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Okay, our next award falls into that
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same category. Many of you may have
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known Helen and Richie Hellwig. And they
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both lived well into their '90s. They
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had good lives, but unfortunately,
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they're not with us anymore.
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And Helen was driving her '63 Chevy just
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about right up to the end. And
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unfortunately, we lost Helen this year,
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I think at the age of 94. And she always
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used to joke that Richie could not sell
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her Chevy because she hid the title on
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him.
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>> [laughter]
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>> But if you know Richie, Richie was a
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real horse trader when it came to cars.
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He never never bought the same car
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twice. But Richie But Helen had that
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that Chevy for many years and she
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enjoyed it. So it's quite fitting that
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she they selected a '53 Chevrolet Bel
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Air, Randall Scott.
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Okay, that was presented on by Pete
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Rockenover. Pete is actually a founding
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member
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of the Restored Rusty Relics, 1970? '69?
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'69. '69.
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So Pete's been with us a while, too, and
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it's good to have him. All right, next
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award was selected by the Cresskill
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Police Department and they selected a
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'38 Buick Special Convertible by Paul
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Cassano. Paul.
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Anyway, as a side note, if any of you
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are interested, Paul is in active in a
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restoration of gun battery down in Sandy
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Hook,
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defense of New York Harbor. It's quite
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interesting if you go to Sandy Hook and
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he told me they'll be open on May 17th
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for tour and it's very interesting down
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at Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock. So if you
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like that kind of thing, keep it in
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mind.
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We'll get that award to Paul. His car is
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still here.
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Next one is American Legion.
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And this was selected by Commander Joe
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at the American Legion and he selected a
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'48 Buick Roadmaster Hallmark Sedan.
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That's that white Buick over there.
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Here comes Omar.
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And it has Buick power. We'll give him
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credit. There is no LS swap.
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Under the hood of that he has got a
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Buick 455 under there. He kept it kept
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it original.
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Good.
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Next award is the RRR Chairman of the
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Show. This is Paul Pestile. Paul, do you
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want to present this award? So, this was
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going to a '53 Cadillac convertible,
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Stephen Line.
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>> [applause]
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>> Okay, next one is by the Restored Rusty
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Relics President, Paul Insigna. Paul?
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Presenting this award to Doug Hakes, a
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'69 Ford Mach 1 Mustang.
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Okay.
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He's got the full regalia going there.
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Look at that Mustang.
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Oh, he I hear you bought that car new?
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Wow, very nice.
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Congratulations.
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And our last award
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for today is the Mayor's Trophy and this
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was selected by Mayor John Morgan
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and he selected the '87 Buick Grand
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National, Daddy G.
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And apparently this car came up from
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Florida, originally sold in Texas. He
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was giving me a little bit of history.
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Um my wife and I were over looking at
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it. She had the choice between that and
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the
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'86 Daytona and she went with the
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Daytona at the time, so
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but both are cool cars. So, we thank you
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very much. So, that that concludes our
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awards presentation. I thank everybody
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for participating.
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Um so, thank you very much.
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