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SUN,FUN AND

SWEDISH DELIGHTS...

DearClassic American,

My reflections on this year’s

Power Meet areasfollo ws: it

was pretty much business as

usual.We attended both events

again this year and the Power

Meet in Lidköping is in its third

year at the new venue. It’swell

organised and its confidence

appears to be growing and it’s

become the top mid-summer

show for the best American cars

in Sweden.

The highlight of the show

was amega lineup of 14 1959

Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

convertibles... only in Sweden!

Thereweremeant to be another

three cars, but they could not

make it.

The runway was awash with a

sea of chrome-encrusted cuties.

Interestingly,the Swedes arenot

into Corvairs,VegasorPintos,

plus the baby Thunderbirds

arenot to opopular either with

the Swedes. They love their

full-size convertibles.

Somereally nice cars were

offe redfor sale... likeamint

1958 DeSoto Fireflite sedan, a

low-mileage simply beautiful

white 1961 Chrysler Newport

station wagon anda1958 Edsel

Pacer convertible, to name but

afew.Later in the afternoon

the best 200 cars went for an

escorted tour of picturesque

Lidköping. The streets were

lined with an enthusiastic public

and it was great fun to watch

and participate in.

TheSummer Meet inVästerås

was good too and very popular

with the ‘Raggar’ cars, who

seem to have adopted the

Västerås Summer Meet as

their own.

Cruising is as much fun as it

always was, with midnight at

the infamous gas station still

looking like “the end of the

world” (That’swhy they call it

Armageddon!)

Whichever event one

chooses, Sweden always comes

up tops for fun in the midnight

sun.We’redefinitely

looking forwardtomore

Swedish fun in 2020!

Robbie and Gavin Garrow

Via email

Thanks for the pictures Robbie

and Gavin, it certainly looks like

ablast,whichever show you

goto,although it’sinteresting

to hear the shows seem be

developingtheir own individual

identities as to the type of

American owner they’re aiming

to appeal to...

Västerås Summer Meet.

DearClassic American,

Inoticed in June’sissue you

mentioned in the upcoming events

Power Meet in Lidköping, Sweden,

but failed to mention the Summer

Meet inVästerås. As I’m sure you

know,Power Meet moved to

Lidköping three years ago because

Västerås was supposedly too small

for the number of cars expected,

but the event has continued under

the Summer Meet name.Ihave

been going for the last 10 years

to Västerås and have to say it

continues to be as good as ever.

The weather wasabit of an

issue on the Friday for the fine

car cruising, but the people still

turned out to watch. Saturday

was perfect weather on the field

with apparently 6000 cars entered

and remained so later in the early

evening for the town cruising. It is

better organised than before, with

just as m any stands selling parts

and accessories, butalot more

places to eat, get drinks and toilets.

One of the hangars on the

airfield becomesabar/restaurant

with live bands playing all day.

There are more events and

competitions, Best Rockabilly hair

style ,legal burnout area etc. Please

next year at least give itamention

in up coming events and let the

people decide.

Keep up the good work with the

magazine.

Phil Vowles

Via email

Weassume youmean the Events

listings in the Blue pages inClassic

American?Weonlycarrythe listings

submitted by organisers and this

year we only hadalisting from the

organisers of the Power Big Meet,

nothing from Summer Meet in

Västerås.Havingsaidthat, we’ve had

readers and subscribers get in touch

with usaboutthe shows, with mixed

reports on both.

Swedish delights (2)

Rain never stops play

at Västerås.

Power Meet, Lidköping.

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