Hot night, hot cars in Milton

MILTON—Thousands roamed Milton’s downtown Main Street last Friday, drawn by an alluring array of classic and custom cars, trucks and motorcycles.

The visitors ranged from hardcore motor heads and the merely curious to wide-eyed babies in strollers, hormonally charged teens and couples of “a certain age” whose rites of passage likely included some of the very classics on display.

With temperatures soaring in the low 30s, restaurants and bars — some with patios extended into the street — did brisk business.

Milton’s sixth Cruising on a Hot Summer Night car show brought together almost 200 pre-1976 cars and 60 custom motorcycles and their owners.

Milton, called one of Canada’s fastest growing communities, has reached a point in its development where “we’re joining and meshing so many old and new residents,” said Jacquelyn Garrard, executive director of the downtown business improvement association.

The universal appeal of cars, set to a driving backbeat of 1950s and ’60s rock and roll music — both piped in and played live by the Two Dollar Bills and Rolly Rocker and the Hemi Heads — provided a colourful event for “those who’ve lived here all their lives and those who’ve just arrived,” said Garrard.

Politicans from all three levels of government were on hand to vote for their favourites.

“There are two kinds of people,” said Mayor Gordon Krantz during his evaluation, “those who live in Milton and those who wish they did.”

MPP Ted Chudleigh and MP Lisa Raitt also attended.

Planning is already underway for next year’s event, said Garrard. “It just keeps getting bigger and better every year.”

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