2018 Children's Mercy Hospital Car Show

Sigrid and I went to the Children's Mercy Hospital Car Show on September 8, 2018.  This was the 2nd annual fund raiser. The show was in the Cabela's parking lot at The Legends Mall in Kansas City, Kansas.

The goal of the car show was to collect as many new toys as possible for the kids at the hospital. Before the end of the day, they had several cars stuffed full with toys and money to buy even more...a great day.  Kudos to Brian Rollett, the organizer of this event, for all his hard work and planning to make this event fun and so supportive for the children.

The rain did put a hamper on the event to some extent. Some of the real classic cars that are brought on trailers were not there...they only come out of the garage on sunny days. I know many of you are not car fanatics so realize that I am posting for the ones who love them like me. Just showing the outside of the car is not enough since a large part of the restoration and customizing money goes into the stuff under the hood.

I failed to get a good photo of Brian.  He is the guy with the hat under the tent.

The cars ranged from finished masterpieces to works in progress.

The Purple People Eater was one of my favorites.  You have to old to remember the song that was popular back in the 1950's.

You gotta love the air scoops.

This photo is of a large tow truck with the front hood tipped up to show the artwork on the highly customized truck.  You gotta love the Ninja Turtles to appreciate the art work.

The rings around the headlights change color from red to green and then blue.

A real beauty.

The Ford coupe has a Chevrolet engine.

Another one of my favorites.

The Grave Digger is one of the most famous monster trucks in shows around the country.  This toy version is crushing an old pedal car that has seen better days.

There are so many charities out there today.  It is impossible to help them all.  We have our favorites and the kids at Mercy Hospital are one of them.