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ServPro of South & NW Grand Rapids, and Fox Chevrolet Beverage Sponsor: 707 Winery and BreweryFreeport Homecoming 2023 brings cars, crowds to town
Jayson Bussa
Editor
When Brian King received
a flyer to bring his car to
Freeport for a car show that
coincided with Freeport
Homecoming 2023, he had
one small question.
“Where is Freeport?” he
said, laughing.
King, of Shelbyville,
admitted that he had a vague
idea of where the small vil-
lage was, but it was his firsttime showing a car in the
annual car show, which gen-
erally ropes in a solid group
of cars each year. Last year,
the car count was 115, while
organizers expected roughly
120 this year.
King tries to occupy his
summer with about one car
show a week, so he brought
his souped-up 1992 Geo
Metro to this year’s show.
On the windshield of his
Metro, King displays a long
list of parts that he has added
to his vehicle, showing pass-
ersby that he has built it liter-ally one piece at a time.
“I bought it in 1993 and
drove it for 19 years and
decided that it was either
time to throw it away or play
with it,” King said. “I found
the taillights in an unclaimed
freight store; they were off a
bus. I was thinking early
T-Birds when I started it. I
took about a winter to change
it around, but for the last 11
winters, I changed it a little
bit every year.”
Freeport was buzzing with
activity both in and around
the car show as part of theHomecoming celebration,
which also featured live
music, cornhole, horseshoes,
an antique tractor show, a
swap meet and other activi-
ties.
It’s a rare occasion that
large crowds descend on the
tiny town. Jeremy Cochran, a
Freeport resident and a gun-
smith at local business Iron
Sights Tactical LLC, used
the influx of foot traffic to
talk to people about the shop.
“The store has been here a
little over a year, and we
have offered gunsmithing forjust over a month now,” said
Cochran, who was out chat-
ting with passersby. “We’ve
just been growing and doing
great. We’re a nice little
hometown shop.”
Blough Automotive was
also the site of a few fun and
creative activities. Kids were
invited to paint a Volkswagen
Beetle with water-based
paint.
The vehicle service shop
was also the site of a crowd
favorite: the Turtle Derby.
Participants could either
bring a turtle of their own or
race one provided to them. A
crowd gathered to take in
fast- and slow-paced action.Brian King of Shelbyville displayed his 1992 Geo
Metro at Saturday’s car show at Freeport Homecoming
- King has been toying with the vehicle for years,
adding a long list (literally a list that he displays with
the car) of parts and components along the way.
Hazel Rademaker, age
3, taps a bucket against
the ground in hopes of
coaxing her turtle to move
quicker during a heat of
turtle races on Saturday
at Freeport Homecoming
2023.It might not be a pristine, award-winning hot rod, but this converted 1959
Chevy Impala certainly turned heads in Freeport on Saturday. It was built by
Phyllis and Bruce Daniels of Delton back in the 70s. Now, their grandson takes it
to a handful of local shows. (Photos by Jayson Bussa)Over 100 cars lined Division Street in Freeport on
Saturday morning. The car show was one of many
activities going on at Freeport Homecoming 2023.