Fall Harvest Car Show

It's that time of year!! Wednesday night, February 18th, 2026 is the first meeting to plan for the 2026 Fall Harvest Car Show.
The meeting will be at the Fort Morgan location of Home Plate Restaurant. The meeting starts at 6:00 P.M..
If this is the year for you to jump in and be a part of something great for the community, the participants, the vendors and the college students...join us!

Please and thank-you!!

Well...from the comments we've gotten so far, it seems like the participants enjoyed our Anniversary Show. As with any Car Show, we've had some criticism and, in all honesty, we will be discussing these in our take-away meeting tomorrow night. There's always room for improvement and your feedback through the years helped us build the way to our largest, most well-received show in 25 years so, thank you for that!

Now, on to a serious topic that I've touched on a couple of times before: we need new blood. The initial vision is still our vision today. That is to annually put on an event for enthusiasts of all things automotive to enjoy. That takes planning and dedication and work from the Committee members. BUT...without a committee dedicated to this event, it will eventually end. So, if you've ever thought to yourself "I'd like to be a part of that", now is the time to come join us! Let a committee member know...send a note to us at [email protected]...message me on here.

Now, we come to the Final Awards. These 3 are a bit different because:

1. The Participant's Choice Award is the Top vote-getter of the Top 50 so the winner is both a Top 50 Award Winner and the Participant's Choice Winner, as chosen by the Participants. This years winner is the beautiful 1938 Chevrolet Coupe in a perfect shade of pewter owned by Bryan Corah

2. The Millenium Award winner is drawn from a specific group of all cars...those cars built from 2000 onward. Again, this winner is chosen by all the Participants. This year's winner is Eric Spittles in a 2021 Honda Civic Type R, done up in an eye-searing shade of Pearl Blue with accents of red

3. Finally, we have the Commissioner's Choice Award, which is awarded to the County Commissioners' choice as "their" award-winning tractor. This year's winner is the little Ford 8N, in Ford Red and Gray, operated and owned by Kevin Isham.

Congratulations to the 3 of you AND to ALL our Award Winners. Hope to see you back at the Fall Harvest Car Show next year on Friday September 18th, Saturday September 19th and Sunday (Awards Day) September 20th.

Now, we come to the Special Awards! The last awards come tomorrow!

1. Winning the Police Chief's Award in a classic-looking Mint Green and White 1959 Edsel Villager Station Wagon is Chris Oden. Nice wide whites, Chris!

2. The Friends of Rhonda Hamann Award goes to a very special lady who has been at the Car Show almost every year we've been running: Ms. Doris Craig in her 1957 Chevy Belair 2 Door Hardtop in a livery of Adobe Beige and Sierra Gold

3. Winner of the Cheryl Baumgartner Memorial Award is Emily Thain in a very nice 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne in a darker shade of Turquoise

4. Troy Griffith presents the Coty Griffith Memorial Best Paint Award to Joe Miller's 1929 Ford Model A Tudor in a stunning color called Sangria Sunset

5. The Sunday's Cholice Award...sponsored by the Committee's own Tony Grosso...goes to Joe Pirrone and his stately 1936 Buick Victoria

6. The Fire Chief Award goes to Rob and Becky Renard in their cute little 1939 Bantam Roadster in an eye-popping white

7. The Devon Bender Memorial Pick goes to Ryan Hoffman and his sweet 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 in Red

8. Finally. we have the Mayor's Award. Doc Lindell awarded the trophy to Trudy Eisele and her 1969 Ford Bronco standing tall on some big tires in an almost-Polar White.

`So...one week ago today, I was busy photographing over 300 vehicles for our Silver Anniversary Car Show here in beautiful, downtown Fort Morgan Colorado.
It was our biggest show ever with more than 370 vehicles of all types ranging from Street Rods to Street Machines to Classic cars and trucks to Motorcycles to Classic Tractors to Heavy Haulers to drag racing vehicles to Farm Vehicles. Thanks SO much to all of you for bringing your rides!
We give out over 60 awards to our participants. With the exception of the SPECIAL AWARDS, the TOP 50 and the TOP 5 Tractors are ALL PARTICIPANT-CHOSEN.
I am going to start posting the awards today, beginning with the first 15 of our Top 50 Awards. Then I will post the TOP 5 Tractors. Monday, I will finish up.
** If you know the winners, share with them, please! **

**Note: the TOP 50 are presented in no particular order.**

1. First, we start off with a German flair as we have Tony Gagliano in his 1968 red Volkswagen Convertible

2. Here, we have Norm and Susie Thielbert with their 1970 Burnt Orange Dodge Coronet R/T

3. Next up is Dave and Deb Hoffman with their sweet blue 1965 Chevrolet Malibu SS

4. Here's an interesting ride: the 1999 Subaru Legacy Station Wagon of Jack Hart and his "Bee Lady". Hand-Painted, "Save the Bees" artwork

5. In his "plum-crazy" purple 1970 'CUDA is Jim Stickley Jr.

6. Motoring along...but not sedately...is Kenny Feldman and his 1961 vivid red Nash Metropolitan

7. In a car that rumbles nicely is Larry Dreith. The car is a 1963 Pontiac Tempest done up in "arrest me red"

8. In a brand that, to your friendly, neighborhood Fall Harvest Car Show photographer, is kind of a shocker, we have Larry Harris in a 1939 FORD Standard Coupe in a deep shade of gray with wide whites

9. Bringing cargo along is the black and blue 1947 Ford COE belonging to Lee and Juanita Barrera

10. In a fine "29" is Joe Miller, cruising in a Ford Model A Tudor in a not-so-subtle shade of Sangria Sunset

11. With a deep, throaty 632 cu.in. under the hood, Eddie McCreer doesn't go quietly anywhere in his YELLOW 55 Chevy Belair

12. NOW...Ed Sawallash in his stealthy Black on Black on Black 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle

13. In an out of the ordinary shade of pewter is the 1938 Chevrolet Coupe belonging to Bryan Corah

14. With the stripes all aglow, in rolls the 1970 Pontiac GTO of Amy Holt

15. To finish this group off comes the dark silver 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II belonging to proud owners Bruce and Dawn Bedham

Sunday morning in beautiful, downtown Fort Morgan, Colorado at the Silver Anniversary Fall Harvest Car Show. More relaxed this morning...awards coming somewhere between 10 and 11. Just wanted to take a few to post some shots I haven't posted, to take time to thank my fellow committee members Betty, Kelsi, Laura, Dave, Brad, Tim W., Don, Jim, Dan, Larry, Doug, Tony, Bob, Kenny, Scottie, Brian, Tim G. AND ALL the volunteers, our vendors, our spectators and ALL our participants! From tractors to hot cars and trucks to classics to motorcycles to a junior dragster to Carson and his Mustang with the latest hits on his radio...we damn near had it all and we thank you for it!