"Brits Invade Kaslo" Car Show
Old English Car Club
Kootenay Branch
We are British Car Enthusiasts who preserve, restore, and drive British Cars
First Annual "Brits Invade Kaslo" Car and Motorcycle show went off with great success thanks to all the help from the Village, Kaslo Chamber and John and Susie Eckland, owners of the Kaslo Hotel
Photo by Anne Gray
The show was on the newly paved and redeveloped Water St. behind the Kaslo Hotel with Kootenay Lake as our backdrop. There was music all weekend long at various venues, and of course, British cars and bikes galore.
Our poster for the car show including our sponsors:
SOME PICTURES OF OUR RECENT "BRITS INVADE KASLO" SHOW
The beautiful Kaslo Hotel, our venue for the show
A prelude to our show
The S S Moyie, the oldest complete sternwheeler, is a very famous tourist attraction in Kaslo, just down the street from our show
Part of Water Street, behind the Kaslo Hotel, the site of the show
A second photo of Water Street further down
Our Oldest Bike a 1914 James 2 1/4 HP
Our Oldest Car, a 1936 Austin Nippy
Now, a few other unique vehicles:
A Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
A Rolls Royce Bentley
A Royal Enfield Bike
A Norton Commando Bike
A Triumph Bonnevile Bike
Plus a georgeous collection of MGBs, Triumphs, Jaguars, including a London Taxi, and a Relient Scimitar.
Many thanks to the Village of Kaslo and the Kaslo Chamber of Commerce and the many Kaslo Businesses for the support and sponsorship of the show, which without their help, would not have happened. We also had another sternwheeler, a little newer (grin) than the Moyie, sailing by, on Kootenay Lake, behind the cars, during the afternoon. It was built by a local resident, Dave May, who was very obliging to show off his marvelous project while the show was in progress, and I heard quite a few good comments about his "sternwheel" venture which added to the ambience of the idealic setting of Kaslo.
Cheers,
Cliff