The Gents held their final 2026 season garage/shop tour on Saturday, November 7 and were joined by multiple clubs and their cars. Unseasonably mild weather made for a perfect day to get our cars out one more time. After a meetup breakfast at Stormin’ Norman’s, we enjoyed a slow tour to the shops of Greg Paboojian, Jack Scanlon, and finally Bill Johnson’s differentials. Thank you Dale Gibson for all of your efforts to make our summer tours a success. We’ll do this again next year and we hope you can all join us again.
The 2027 Gents Auto Club’s fifteen month calendar is now available at Barnes and Noble book store in the Northtown Mall. Look for it with the calendars at the front of the store. You can also purchase a 2027 calendars from Gents members Deke Cloyd (509) 744-0971, Jim Earlscourt (995-3168 and Dean Carriveau (509) 624-7301. You won’t be disappointed…..it’s a good one.
Members of the Gents were invited to take part in the Pharoahs 2026 Phall Color Cruise on October 10. The crisp fall weather was perfect and fall colors stunning on a mostly two-lane road route that took us around Lake Coeur d’Alene. The day trip included stops in Harrison, St. Maries for lunch, through Plummer and finally a stop at the Coeur d’Alene Casino in Worley. We were greeted with falls colorfull vistas all along the way. Thank you Ken and Debbie Boone and the rest of the Pharoahs for your hospitality and friendship.
The 2027 Gents Auto Club’s fifteen month calendar is now available at Barnes and Noble book store in the Northtown Mall. Look for it at the front of the store, you won’t be disappointed…..it’s a good one.
Any of you who know Clayton Kenney know that he has a wonderful sense of humor, and he is a man who loves life. The forty years he spent with the Edwall/Reardanschool district as a school bus mechanic, driver and trainer, were full of love and caring. Fellow Gents member Rick Sawyer is a master wood carver and made a beautifully detailed scale model of a school bus from hard maple wood. Rick presented the bus to Clayton on August 31. Rick used a light yellow/orange stain on the wood’s smooth surface so that the maple’s grain can be readily seen. The bus features a full complement of wooden seats, tires, mirrors and other tiny details that took many hours and wood carving skills to replicate. Gents members may now appreciate why Clayton chose yellow for his beautifully restored 1967Ford Ranchero. And no…., it’s NOT an El Camino!
Cars gleam in the sun at the Gents 2026 Father’s Day Show. Thank you Wendle for sponsoring the show and thank you for all who attended to help make the show a success. Photo Credit: Bill KeehnerPhoto Credit: Bill KeehnerPhoto Credit” Darlene Inman
Gents members enjoy a sunny day of cars, friends and food, nor necessarily in that order, at the annual Tune Tech customer appreciation day. May 3, 2026.
The Gents “Sparkplug Challenge” proved once again to be a real crowd pleaser at Brian Anderson’s Tenth Annual Speed and Custom Show, April 10 – 12. Steve Williams goes over the ground rules for the competition. A trophy was awarded to class winners at the end of each day of the show.
