Whew! Four events in five weeks…but we’ve finally returned home to the office. The Hagerty Silver Summit was a wonderful experience full of new friends, Colorado Classic Car Family, great roads, and fantastic cars. For the most part, the weather held out and only a few of us saw some snow on Saturday afternoon’s mountain pass. The following is a preview of photos from Andrew and Samantha Snucins, we’ll be posting links to the full gallery once they’ve had a chance to recover and edit!
Whew! What an incredible pleasure to host this group of classic car enthusiasts. 182 of our classic car family, in 90 cars, traveling over 1200km. Our final day took us from Nelson, through Rossland (Hi Kip!) and then off to Osoyoos for our finish at the Spirit Ridge Resort.
Our McGyver Award was presented to Nolan and Deanna Kitchener, for their roadside replacement of a headgasket, water pump, radiator and thermostat. Yes, you read that right…roadside replacement.
The Hard Luck award was hotly contested this year, with multiple cars trying to strand their owners throughout the event. Jordan Rodier and Amos Rowsell would have surely won (having spent most of the weekend in Dave’s partially-finished Cummins-swapped truck), but they chose a hasty retreat for the ferries! There could be only one winner…and Kristophe Le and Mike Abalakov went home with the prize for their failed wheel bearing, and twelve hour adventure getting home for a replacement vehicle.
The David Ellis Spirit of the Thaw award, presented by Hagerty, was awarded to Rob Fram in 2019. Rob’s mini was often seen on the side of the road with tool kit out and Rob under the hood solving issues for some other entrant. Not only was he mechanic, but he always ran his triangle up the road before he began, so the stranded didn’t need to worry about it. Triangles and mechanics aside, we were most impressed with the way he’s passing down his love of classic motoring to his daughter Brynn. While a multiple participant as a co-driver, this year Brynn arrived with a learners permit which was just days old. And yet, she was piloting the mini for multiple legs this weekend, learning both the art of driving…and the joy of classic cars in our classic car family. Whether assuring a stuck motorist that it’s part of the adventure, or creating adventure within his own family and the future of our hobby, Rob is definitely matching David Ellis’ spirit of adventure and motoring!
Here are a few wonderful preview photos from Andrew Snucins, and Samantha Snucins:
We awoke to a wondrous sight: Christmas, in April. Snow wasn’t exactly on anyone’s list of hopefuls for the Hagerty Spring Thaw…but snow we received. Fortunately our photography team of Andrew and Samantha Snucins reported that just 3km down the road it had cleared up. Sun Peaks, to Nelson, via Vernon and Nakusp was our route for the day…and by the time we arrived, it was warm enough for the traditional parking lot party.
Whew! What an awesome day of driving. We started in Harrison Hot Springs, wound our way through Merritt (twice) and then through Tunkwa Lake to Kamloops, finally finishing in Sun Peaks. The weather was exceptional, and although a few cars had some issues along way, everyone has managed to check into our overnight stop.
Andrew Snucins and Samantha Snucins have captured some incredible shots from the day, and we offer the following preview to whet your appetite. Why not grab the keys, and go for a drive yourself?!
Entry forms for our May event in Colorado are now live! Head over to the Silver Summit registration page to download the supp-regs document and the entry form.
https://classiccaradventures.com/colorado-events/hagerty-silver-summit/ss-event-info-and-registration/
Back in the 50’s and 60’s, as you and your works team prepared to enter an upcoming rally, you would wait in anticipation for the Supplementary Regulations Document. That all-important document that told you the specific details about a particular event. Those of you anticipating the 2019 Hagerty Silver Summit entry opening will be excited to know the Supp-Regs document has just been posted!
Inside you’ll find all the details necessary for registration, which you can do starting mid-day on February 12th when we post the entry form. We thought we’d give you a day to read the important Supp-Regs document before releasing the entry forms!
Here are a few images from the 2018 Hagerty Silver Summit, to get you excited for this year…
The Supplementary Regulations Document (aka: the rules, or ‘everything you need to know’) has been posted. Classic car enthusiasts who are interested in entering the 2019 Hagerty Spring Thaw would be well advised to read it in full. Details can be found on the Hagerty Spring Thaw information page.