This year the Hot August Nights organizers extended the show area another  block in each direction in anticipation of a record show field. The move was wise as nearly 400 cars were stretched through a half mile of downtown Lewiston. Another 30 cars were in an adjacent lot with their own little show. The weather was warm and sunny. The CCC members who came to town and invaded Howard and Val Guenther's home (green '69 convertible and maroon '65 Thunderbird) were Rick and Karen Morehouse (white '69 coupe), Don and Cheryl Skinner (white '67 GT), Eric and Judy Anders (white '69 convertible), Charleen and Larry Purviance (lime frost '68 XR7), Tim and Barb Weza (white '73 XR7 convertible), Marc Ogren (blue“Martian Cougar” (Porsche) 914 not entered in show), Jim and Elaine Pinkerton (red '32 Cougar (Ford) street rod), and Jim Compton (white '69 XR7 coupe). We were joined on show day by Kipp and Rachel Gill, who suddenly appeared in my rearview mirror as we waited in line to enter the show. They entered their red '69 convertible, which is also for sale. All of us were parked right across from Brackenbury Square in the middle of the show. Near the east end of the show was a '67 standard with a transplanted '89 5.0-L engine belonging to James Hathaway of Spokane Valley. The west end of the show field had a lime frost '67 XR7 belonging to Joseph Burgand of Grangeville, ID. We didn't win anything because we were in some of the largest and toughest classes.

Once again, Howard and Val were crazy enough and kind enough to open their home to several of us. They also hosted parties each night, which included all the CCC members plus some of their other friends. They also let me bring in 4 of my college-age friends at the U of Idaho who attended the concert with us. These “kids” have been brought up right, as they recognized most of the songs.The festivities started on Thursday afternoon. Rogers Toyota sponsored a mini-show on its lot and preregistered entrants picked up their goody bags while others registered. Extra concert tickets could also be bought there for either the Friday night or Saturday night concerts. One of the local oldies radio stations also had a live broadcast going.
Friday, we cruised up to Pullman for a lunch at the Cougar Country Drive-In on North
Grand. We got there with only 1 wrong turn and a few other maneuvers designed to foil any spies as we tried to find our way over to the drive-in. While there, we got to meet Judy Anders' twin niece (well, they don't look exactly alike, but there's a definite resemblance). Karen Morehouse volunteered to drive my car so I could videotape and
photograph parts of the cruise without scaring everyone to death (Thanks again,
Karen!). Before leaving, Don Skinner worked on some parts inside Eric and Judy's steering wheel so that the turn signals' automatic cancellation would work better. A few of us also helped straighten out some chrome trim.