Phuddy Duddies holding first show
<p>Pete Charbonneau is a member of the Phuddy Duddy Criusers, which is holding a classic car and vintage travel trailer show this weekend in Post Falls. Pictured is Charbonneau with his 1949 Studebaker truck pulling a 1956 Jewel “Canned Ham” trailer. The show will be Saturday and Sunday at the River of Life Church on 3263 12th Avenue in Post Falls.</p>
POST FALLS - The Phuddy Duddy Cruisers car club is hosting its first classic car and vintage travel trailer show in Post Falls this weekend.
The 12-year-old classic car club meets every Monday at the Rathdrum Paul Bunyan restaurant, and has attended many regional car shows. Now, members want to hold a two-day show of their own at the River of Life Church grounds at 3263 12th Ave. in Post Falls this Saturday evening and Sunday.
"This will be our first one ever," said Pete Charbonneau, a Phuddies member who helped organize the event. "They have 12 acres out there and that should fit 100 vintage trailers and hot rods."
Charbonneau said the event is free to the public and to those who want to show their cars or trailers. He said the club hopes to attract "tuner cars" and motorcycles to join the show. He said tuners are typically Japanese cars that are souped up by younger adults.
The idea was hatched by a couple of members and just grew from there.
"Our club is a club that is really a non-club," Charbonneau said, explaining the loosely knit club has no leadership structure, but does know how to put on show. "The idea started with a couple of guys and now we are expecting over 100 vintage trailers."
Charbonneau said several vintage trailer clubs have contacted him to say they will be sending members to the event.
They have the Sister on the Fly Club, which is comprised of 60 women with "Canned Ham" trailers.
"They are called canned hams because they are the shape of a canned ham in the supermarket," he said, adding the Tin Can Tourists will also be attending. "That club started meeting in 1911."
Charbonneau said the Teardrop Club, of Vancouver, Canada, just called him Wednesday morning to say they may attend as well.
"There will be quite a few of them coming," he said, adding they never expected to see that many people attending the first event.
Maybe that is because the Phuddy Duddies have decided to make the event free.
"We are kind of breaking the trend," Charbonneau said. "Too many car shows charge a lot of money to attend."
Charbonneau said the group got its name about 12 years ago when they were meeting at Paul Bunyan.
"We were sitting up there one day and some guy came along and called us a bunch of Phuddy Duddies," he said. "That name has just kind of stuck with us ever since."