On 14JUN2025, the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello, Idaho, put-on a car show and barbeque to honor veterans.
Ford Mustang-2.
My long-form YouTube car-show video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nanJagZ4CLE
My video malaise:
Dodge Charger.
My ‘short’ YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j94LtM0ofq0
Impala: 
What’s better than an old post-World War Two Dodge pickup truck? A post-WW2 Dodge with a modern turbo Diesel!
It’s called the Oldies Rod & Custom car show for the Pocatello Senior Activity Center (SAC), this year it was held on 14JUN2025.
My video:
Watch my 14th SAC Show YouTube ‘Long-Form’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bObs4PL234
My ‘short-form’ YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fKGKxMpkJfk
This truck has been around: Pocatello SAC show, June 2023.
21OCT2023, USMC Toys for Tots: Post-WAR POWER WAGON, WITH MODERN DIESEL MOTOR (with a tilt-bed)
Somebody’s favorite color:
This old car has been around town, appearing at last year’s “…car-show that almost wasn’t?!” And on 12APR2025, the bomber DeSoto arrived for a Pocatello Car Club cruise that doubled as a memorial event:
The original DeSotos were actually Chryslers, and at first were called Series-K and were simply remodeled Plymouths.
The DeSoto brand was created in 1928, to do battle in the growing mid-price car market. The name was chosen to honor the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto (and many people don’t know that at one time De Soto was even featured on U.S. $5-hundred bill).
DeSoto ‘DE MIJO’ is a Series-13 (S-13), all-new for post-World War Two, produced from model year 1949 to 1952 (it got a ‘face-lift’ for 1953). Base price was around $3-thousand.
Chrysler’s DeSoto brand ceased to exist after the 1961 model year.
Check out more vehicular videos on my ‘Cars Showing Off’ Playlist on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkZrLGwZbnj9l1IMiwgu49bsmVG95CIaM
Idaho State University: 
Chrome in the Dome, 2025!
Second Annual Veterans Memorial Building Car Show, 31AUG2024, at the Memorial Park in the Old Town area of Pocatello, from 13:00 to 17:00 hours (but cars started showing up at 11:00).
Car show walk-about part-A:
Car show walk-about part-B:
Despite the show being officially only four hours long, several cars drove-in from Blackfoot and Idaho Falls, at least one driving from as far as Burley (79 HWY miles one way)!
Car show walk-about part-C:
Car show walk-about part-D:
So many cars showed up at the Inaugural Veterans Memorial Building car show, last year, that the Bannock County Veterans Memorial Association had to ask the City of Pocatello if they could use the adjacent Memorial Park to stage vehicles, this year.
Car show walk-about part-E:
Car show walk-about part-F:
The money raised from the car show goes to maintaining the Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building. Here’s a quick walk-around the building:
Pine Ridge Mall:
Inaugural Summer AutoFest
In grade school getting a ‘D’ was approaching failure, but not in the kool old-skool system, getting a D could be the same as getting 100! A 1970 Dodge D100, that is.
Phil Meador inaugural Summer AutoFest, with dozens of show quality vehicles inside the mall, and more vehicles outside the mall. 24th through 25th August 2024, at the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho.
Here’s my D = 100 video:
The event was organized by the Pocatello Car Club, with assistance from the Idaho Classic and Modern Muscle car club.
Summer AutoFest: 
Model A, original recipe
Phil Meador’s inaugural Summer AutoFest, with dozens of show quality vehicles inside the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, and more vehicles outside the mall, during the weekend of 24th through 25th August 2024.
The event was organized by the Pocatello Car Club, with assistance from the Idaho Classic and Modern Muscle car club.
Professional car painting was available:
A table with some tiny cars.
The show actually started Friday evening. It took at least two hours to stage the vehicles inside the mall, and more would show up on Saturday and Sunday. Here’s a short example, part-1:
Part-2, things started getting nit-picky:
View the longer video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCHfuvjJ0mw
Outside there were plenty of food trucks.
And there were other vendors.
There were plenty of cars outside, but it felt like some vehicle owners would leave not long after arriving:
View more outside video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDNM6Jp-QQQ
Then view the inside video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRjIswSgV9U
While it took about two hours to stage the vehicles, it took less than an hour to make their escape. Part-1 of the shortened video:
Part-2:
Part-3:
Part-4:
View the longer video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4bjH6_ruA4
Summer AutoFest: 
Fine ’69
383 cid big-block powered Plymouth Roadrunner.
It was Motor Trend’s Car of the Year in 1969.
Here’s my video:
Phil Meador inaugural Summer AutoFest, with dozens of show quality vehicles inside the mall, and more vehicles outside the mall. 24th through 25th August 2024, at the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho.
Summer AutoFest: 
1986 Monte Car-low!
17th Annual Gate City Real Estate’s Client Appreciation car show and food feed at O.K. Ward Park in Pocatello, Idaho.
I wasn’t expecting so many cars at a free event, but reportedly it is the biggest such event in Bannock County. Gate City Real Estate also calls this event their ‘company picnic’, yet everybody is invited!
Here is a few of the many cars (pardon my Summer Time Allergies):
Some more cars:
Another sampling:
Free food line.
Even after two hours of checking out the cars, they still had plenty of BBQ:
The sky got smoky from all the wildfires, but it actually made for a cool sunset.
The show is over, part-1:
Show’s over, part-2:
Part-3:
Finally, part-4:
Can’t wait for the 18th Client Appreciation car show and food feed!
This is the front.
The builder claims it is a Chevy Truck!
Is it actually a 4×4 Chevy Impala?
Bad Gas at the free car show and B-B-Q feed fest?
June 2024: 13th Annual SAC Oldies Rod & Custom show & fundraiser!
Plymouth Roadrunner.
On 08JUN2024, the Senior Activity Center (SAC) held its yearly OLDIES ROD & CUSTOM SHOW & FUNDRAISER in the Old Town area (Historic Downtown) of Pocatello, Idaho.
Walkaround video:
My youtube ‘short’: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RrfPJwYAHWU
Join Idaho Classics and Modern Muscle (ICaMM), it is free (don’t make me send Crazy Carl after you)!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/idahoclassicsandmodernmuscle
13th SAC Show: 
1952 CHEVY BOMBER!
The first day of June 2024, Elegant Residential Living held its Second Annual car show and free barbeque!
The show, shine and then stuff your belly happened in Chubbuck, Idaho, and some guy named Crazy Carl (and mysteriously/unknowingly ‘volunteered’ helpers) cooked up a storm of chicken and ribs! Never mind the cigarette, it just adds more flavor:
Idaho Classics and Modern Muscle (ICaMM), join for free: https://www.facebook.com/groups/idahoclassicsandmodernmuscle
Crazy Carl’s cooking was a success, but there were other food & drink items, all for free:
Tri-Fives cruise out:
My youtube video; A car show with free food?!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxkNe2i2j5I
Spring Auto-Fest, in the mall!: 
HEAVY CHEV-ELLES!