Antique cars zoom into city

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, August 16, 2000

FRANKLIN Around 200 antique vehicles, including a 1952 Chevy truck that was driven from Tennessee to Alaska and back earlier this year, will converge on Franklin on Saturday for the 38th Annual Antique Auto Show and Arts & Crafts Fair. Along with the cars, more than 200 arts and crafts booths will be displayed from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the downtown square, organizers said. We have a little bit of everything, Chairwoman Louise Summers said. Id say something for everyone, young and old. Antiques, wood crafts, floral arrangements and plenty of food are among attractions for those not interested in the cars, Summers said. Im sure Im not hitting half of what theyve got, she said. The appearance of Scott Sensing and his 1952 Chevy truck which Sensing drove from his home in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and back will be a special treat, said Lynn Goodman, president of Southern Kentucky Region Antique Auto Club of America, which sponsors the free event. But dont expect to see Sensing competing for a trophy with the one-time junk truck that he and his father hauled out of the woods in 1982, when Sensing was just 18, he said. Sensing will display the restored vehicle, which he used as transportation as a college student, and talk about his two-month-long, 11,000-mile excursion to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The word is out there, he said. … Especially among the old car hobby (people).Sensing took the journey in memory of his father, who died of lung cancer in 1998. The trip was featured in several antique car magazines and in Road and Track, Sensing said. Sensings efforts raised between $30,000 and $35,000 for ACS, he said. Sensing wont be the only old-car enthusiast not competing at this years antique auto show. Goodman also will join onlookers, because his antique car still is a work in progress. I dont have one thats drivable at the moment, he said. Goodmans vehicle, like Sensings, has sentimental value. It was a car that belonged to my wifes uncle, he said. Its kind of a piece of the family. Were taking our time fixing it up. But Goodman said he will have a good time Saturday just looking at the other cars. Id say itll probably be a lifelong hobby, he said. Its something that gets in your blood.

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