Riccardo Sestito’s phone kept ringing.
It was a very busy morning for the president of the Langley Good Times Cruise-in, a day that started at 4 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9.
Aldergrove is packed with cool vehicles and people for the Langley Good Times Cruise-in show on Fraser Hwy. between 264 and 272 Streets. pic.twitter.com/QbU0ls8s8q
— Langley Advance Times (@LangleyTimes) September 10, 2023
“It’s jam-packed,” Sestito told the Langley Advance Times, in between fielding phone calls from volunteers trying to figure out where to fit everyone at the Aldergrove show.
“We’re full to the gills. We’ve got cars lining up, still trying to get in.”
Fraser Highway and all the side road between 264th and 272nd Streets were packed with cars and visitors.
“It’s even bigger than last year,”Sestito estimated.
“We’re way more than we thought we would be.”
Aldergrove is packed with cool vehicles and people for the Langley Good Times Cruise-in show on Fraser Hwy. between 264 and 272 Streets. pic.twitter.com/LTB4L5S8po
— Langley Advance Times (@LangleyTimes) September 9, 2023
In the crowd, Aldergrove dad Joe Feitsma, a Cruise-In regular, was giving his two-year-old daughter Taylor a ride on his shoulders while they looked for her grandfather Dave, who had a car in the show.
“A ‘71 Camaro,” Feitsma related.
“I don’t have one of my own [but] I helped him with it.”
It was the sixth Cruise-In for superstar California car builder car Jimmy Shine.
“Every year it gets bigger and better, and just it’s great to see all the cars,” said Shine, there to help pick a winner of his annual trophy.
“It’s even better to see all my friends,” Shine said.
“We now call it the circle. So this year, we’re going to find somebody else. Another new friend who’s going to be in a new circle.”
Pete Chapouris of the legendary So Cal shop has made his first trip to the Langley Good Times Cruise-in. It won't be his last. pic.twitter.com/AOjEraio8i
— Langley Advance Times (@LangleyTimes) September 9, 2023
It was the first visit by Peter Chapouris of the famous So-Cal car shop, who carries the same name as his late father, the creator of the retro “California Kid” that is often described as the most-copied hot rod design of all time.
He was there to pick a car that best reflected his dad’s style.
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“I’m picking a car that kind of that we would say that my father would have loved to have drive to drive and having his garage.”
Chapouris pronounced himself as “quite impressed” with the all-volunteer show, and planned to return.
“We are definitely going to do this again,” he said.
At 4 p.m. the previous day, the first person got in line at In-n-out burger at the Langley Good Times Cruise-in show, now underway on Fraser Hwy. between 264 and 272 Streets. pic.twitter.com/ZF2Ncr9yvz
— Langley Advance Times (@LangleyTimes) September 9, 2023
Over at the In-N-Out Burger trailer, Riley Erfle from Mission cheerfully spent two-and-a-half hours waiting in line with four purchase tickets.
”I’m a bit of a fan,” Erfle explained. “I had it last year, and I was like, I have to come back for this.”
Another In-N-Out fan was first in line the day before, queuing up at 4 p.m. Friday, something Luis Hernandez, In-N-Out manager of special foreign events, called “awesome.”
Hernandez explained the Aldergrove show is the only Canadian event the iconic American hamburger chain attends with its pop-up restaurant.
“We’re happy to see all the smiling faces out here,” he commented.
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