Galaxie Gathering Number 21 was held at the 34th Annual Shelby American Automobile Club Motor City Region Show & Go on Sunday, May 31, 2009. The event was held in the parking lot east of the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters at Michigan Avenue and the Southfield Freeway in Dearborn. Car show registration ran from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, and the show lasted until 5 pm. The SAAC-MCR parked all of the Motor City Galaxie Club members together.
Check out this AMAZING YouTube video of Galaxie Gathering Number 21 shot and compiled by Roy Oberg, brother of club member John Oberg. Roy, thank you so very much for this excellent video!
The weather was superb for the show: sunny and warm! The first Galaxie Gathering of 2009 was a great success, thanks to the 17 club members and 7 spouses who attended the show with 18 Galaxies, 1 Mercury, 1 Meteor and 4 other Fords:
Gino Buoncompagno Jr. - 1964 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop *
Bob Carwan - 1966 Custom 500 2-door sedan & 1967 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop
Adrian & Cheryl Clements - 1967 Galaxie 500 convertible, 1967 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop, 1967 Country Squire 4-door 5+4 passenger station wagon & 1967 Meteor Montcalm S-33 convertible
Bill Derr - 1967 XL 2-door hardtop
Guy DesJardins - 1965 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop
Karen Faett - 1962 Galaxie 500 Club Victoria
Dennis Gutekunst - 1963 Galaxie 2-door sedan
Tom Hopkins - 1961 Galaxie Starliner
John Oberg - 1959 Galaxie Club Sedan
Mike Siggia - 1967 XL 2-door hardtop
Larry & Lynn Slevin - 1957 Fairlane 500 Sunliner & 1969 Cobra 2-door hardtop
Bob Smith - 1965 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop
Lou Szuch - 1962 Galaxie 500 Club Victoria
Chester & Deb Towles - 1964 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop
John Vermeersch - 1963 Mercury Monterey Custom Marauder 2-door hardtop
Jay Williams - 1964 Galaxie 500/XL 2-door hardtop
Barry & Claire Wolf - 1963 Galaxie 500 Sports Hardtop
* new member - welcome, Gino!
Another 5 members and 1 spouse dropped by during the day without their cars: Drew Belian, Roman Michalowski, Seraphim Pallas, Jerry Ostalecki and Dave & Caroline Warner. Put your mouse pointer over the thumbnails below of the cars in attendance at Galaxie Gathering Number 21 to see the owner's name and the type of car, and then left click on the thumbnails below to see larger pictures:
Here are a few of the MCGC members present at Galaxie Gathering Number 21 relaxing at the show (from left to right, Bob Carwan, Cheryl Clements, Dave Warner, Lynn Slevin and Caroline Warner):
Congratulations to the 6 club members who won 9 awards for their cars:
Gino Buoncompagno Jr. (1964 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop)
Adrian & Cheryl Clements (1967 Galaxie 500 convertible & 1967 Meteor Montcalm S-33 convertible)
John Oberg (1959 Galaxie Club Sedan)
Larry & Lynn Slevin (1957 Fairlane 500 Sunliner & 1969 Cobra 2-door hardtop)
Chester & Deb Towles (1964 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop)
Jay Williams (1964 Galaxie 500/XL 2-door hardtop - twice!)
Here is a pdf version of the show flyer
(if you don't yet have Adobe® Reader® installed on your computer, then click 
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The show cost $15 to enter if you pre-registered before Wednesday, May 20th, and $20 at the door. Here is a pdf version of the show registration form:
For those of you who used your GPS or www.mapquest.com to get to the show, the street address of Ford Motor Company World Headquarters is 1 American Road, Dearborn, MI, 48126-2701. Here's a map to the show (the red star in the center of the map):
Here's a map of the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters grounds with the Car Show, Swap Meet and Spectator Parking areas indicated:
