Story and Photos by Frank Colgoni

This was a tough article to start (bad opening for an article). Why you ask? While I’m usually not at a loss for words, I find that, in respect to this event and the entire experience of this event, I simply found it difficult to organize what to portray, or conversely, to omit. After a lot of deliberation, I decided to omit virtually nothing. To make a summary remark first (another odd way to open an article), Northwest Deuce Day was not a “day” but a weekend and what a weekend it was.

The no-brainer here is that Northwest Deuce Day is primarily a celebration of 1932. Having said that, parking was provided for vehicles to 1951 and you didn’t have to drive a Deuce to win something (as you’ll find out later – much later – bear with me).

Because this was a weekend event, I’ll bring you through it in chronological order starting with Friday night. To digress slightly, the weather in British Columbia was as hot as the cars (or vice versa). On Friday it peaked at 34C/93F, dropped all the way to 31C/87F on Saturday and then settled in to a really comfortable temperature for the day of the event – all under clear skies (thank you God. Right Al?).

Friday July 23
We arrived on the Island and boogied into Victoria in time for lunch. We decided on an outdoor café overlooking the harbour. It’s hard to keep a cold beer cold when it’s that hot. It makes you drink fast (how’s that for an excuse). After lunch and a look around, we headed to the host hotel to check in. By then, the cars were trickling in and by late afternoon, there was a pretty decent assemblage of cars.

Because both Canadian and American friends had tipped us off, our plan was to get back down to the harbour to greet an entourage of about 45 vehicles that were motoring up from Northern California. We were happy to find that a large sized group of BC rodders had the same idea. Right on time, the Coho ferry from Washington pulled in. The cars got through customs in short order and it was obvious that friends were greeting friends (“comrodderie”). It was a nice touch that roses were presented to the ladies.

Cars were buzzing all over downtown Victoria as the evening wore on.


Photos from Friday evening:

The Coho ferry from Port Angeles. Notice anything unusual about the Canadian flag?

The first of the cars disembark

Vic and Nancy Edelbrock


You may recognized thes vehicles


Pam and Frank Brocco

The "Rodfather"
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