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C.A.R.S. Club, or College Automotive Restoration Students, is a student led club open to any McPherson student interested in antique and collector cars. The club gives students an opportunity to get together and share their passion for automobiles outside of the classroom. Club members are able to participate in numerous events throughout the year, including car shows, cruises, travel, old car movie nights, and insider trips to museums and private collections.
The culmination of the year is the student led C.A.R.S. Show in the Spring, where students plan their own large car show unlike anything else in the area, attracting participants from around the country.
C.A.R.S. Club Car & Motorcycle Show
2019 Events
CRUISE-IN
Friday, May 3, 2019 | 6:00pm
Main St., McPherson
No registration necessary for Cruise-In.
20th ANNUAL CAR & MOTORCYCLE SHOW
Saturday, May 4, 2019 | 8:00am – 3:00pm
Campus of McPherson College
Register your vehicle(s) here.
Car Show Archive
Highlights from the 19th Annual Car Show:
2017: Video | Release
2016: Video | Recap
2015: Video | Recap
2014: Video | Recap
2013: Video | Recap
2012: Video | Recap
2011: Gallery 1 | Gallery 2 | Recap
McPherson may look like a hundred other small towns scattered across Kansas, but every May the students of McPherson College's auto restoration program turn it into something special. Congratulations to the McPherson College C.A.R.S. Club on their biggest show yet! Will you be there next year?
8 months ago
Love cars and automotive work and get a college degree too!
Great show & an awesome time!
Check out our Motoring Festival on this Saturday’s episode of My Classic Car on Velocity!
My Classic Car
We had a blast at the McPherson College C.A.R.S. Club Car Show! Check it out this Saturday at 8:30 AM ET on Velocity Channel!
10 months ago
McPherson College
The Dixieland Band of McPherson College was a crowd pleaser at today’s 19th Annual Car Show. More than 400 cars filled the campus grounds!
10 months ago
Senior Jacob San Martin demonstrates his pin stripping skills at the McPherson College car show.
10 months ago
Dennis Gage from My Classic Car interviews MC alum Adam Banks about the SEMA Battle of the Builders winning hot rod he brought to this year’s McPherson College car show.
10 months ago
The McPherson College Motoring Festival has registered and parked over 300 cars! Come out and register your vehicle! Registration ends at 10:30.
11 months ago
Now, 400 cars!
Here!
Always a great show didnt hurt that the weather was perfect
Thank you for a wonderful show. This was our first time visiting your show, but it will not be our last! What a first class event. Hats off to the students who put this show on and their wonderful instructors who instruct and guide them towards their futures.
Great show. I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to coming back next year.
Next year!
Great show! We really enjoyed it!
how about a video walk thru of the cars!!
It was awesome my son showed us around and the number of cars was amazing. Great show guys.
McPherson College C. A. R. S club is excited to announce our final feature vehicle, a 1908 Thor motorcycle currently on display at the Kansas Motorcycle museum through Mike Bahnmaier. The Thor Motorcycle was manufactured by the Aurora Automatic Machinery Company from 1907 through 1916. The Thor came with many innovations such as the F-head engine, a V-twin engine, and starting with the 1908 model, automatic (mechanical) valves. Come see the Thor this Saturday at our Motoring Festival!
11 months ago
2 days until our Cruise In and 3 days until the 19th Annual Motoring Festival! You can still register online at www.mcpherson.edu/autorestoration/cars-show/
19th Annual C.A.R.S. Club Car Show
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Classes designated by date are for vehicles manufactured within the specified years and maintain a stock appearance; minor modifications for safety or convenience are allowed. Three or more major modifications would fall under Custom or Modified.11 months ago
McPherson College C. A. R. S Club is excited to announce our fourth feature vehicle, the number 22 1913 Mercer Racecar driven by Spencer Wishart, who placed 2nd in 1913 Indy 500. The engine is a four-cylinder T Head Engine which averaged 74 MPH at 30.65 Horsepower. Spencer Wishart bought the car in 1912 from a Mercer showroom, removed the fenders, lights, and running boards and set four new records for 200 miles on a dirt track. The Mercer racecar is currently owned by Ted Davis.
11 months ago
Wishart was killed driving a Mercer three months after that race during the Elgin Road Race. Amazing car, with amazing history!
Can any of the historians out there connect this car to the Brooklyn Bridge AND the Titanic? 10000 bonus points for the first correct answer.
300 cui based on the raceabout. Looks good up close.
I can’t wait to see it in person...only five days away!
That is very cool
Oh, now this is something special!
McPherson College C. A. R. S Club is proud to present our third feature car, a 1932 Ford Custom Roadster "Hula Girl". Originally built by Bill Montero Sr. and Jr. in 1952, this Hot Rod became a popular show car. Al Cebrien, the second owner, bought and raced the car, where it became widely known on the tracks until it was parked in 1960. Eventually, Jerry Ash bought the Hot Rod he remembered from his childhood when the Montero's owned it, and restored it, while further hot rodding it. The car is now in the possession of Craig Jackson. This car possesses an illustrious history, winning both shows and races, and many may remember it from it's appearances in Street Rodder and Rod and Custom.
11 months ago