Steve Kopa Letters Weirton

Steve Kopa Letters Weirton – From left, Steve Kopa with Kifer Construction, property owner Clementina Develin and Chuck Kifer, Chris Tibbits and Kim Ashmore of Tibbits Excavating, LeMay and Tyler Rental with the City of Centralia in September 2020 in Centralia as staff donate time and resources. Safely cleaning a structure after a fire on Main Street. This work will prevent the city from condemning and demolishing the building and placing more than $50,000 in taxes on the property.

A photo above shows Chris Tibbits of Tibbits Excavating, driving a Tyler Rental Excavator, loading debris into the back of a dump truck on Main Street in Centralia after a fire in September 2020.

Steve Kopa Letters Weirton

Property owner Clementina Develin is thanking Centralia’s volunteers for their work Friday, offering to demolish the building for free if other construction companies hand over the deed.

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Crews work Friday on Centralia’s Main Street to safely clear debris after a structure fire in September 2020.

Crews work on Main Street in Central on Friday to safely clear debris after a structure fire in September 2020. See additional information on the effort in Tuesday’s edition of The Chronicle.

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Steve Sweet’s 1971 De Tomaso Pantera sits with its trunk open, allowing people to view the mid-engined car’s motor.

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Craig Hase of Centralia’s 2015 Scion FR-S may not be as loud as his previous car, but he still maintains his “locally hated” status.

Local artist Danika Rozhanica plays her guitar in front of a 1977 Chevrolet Corvette owned by Cooper Zurfluh of Adna at Saturday’s Hub City Car Show in Central City.

Adna’s 1969 Ford Cobra in Wentworth’s chrome air filter cover for the cubic inch 428 V-8 motor shines in the afternoon sun at the Hub City Car Show.

Jamie Scott of Onalaska has a highly customized 1930 Chevrolet Panel Truck on display at the Hub City Car Show in Centralia on Saturday.

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The Hot Wheels logo is just one of the many customizations Jamie Scott of Onalaska has done to his 1930 Chevrolet Panel Truck.

Eloy Medina of Chehalis sits in the bed of his vintage 1960 Chevrolet El Camino in his lounge.

A rare 1971 De Tomaso Pantera owned by Steve Sweet of Chehalis is on display at the car show.

A mid-engined car, the Ford “Cleveland” V-8 powering the Pantera sits behind the driver and passenger seats, though the trunk is accessible.

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The driver in “Patched” may need some help reaching the pedals, and don’t ask if she has a license.

The back end of “Patched” permanently leaving Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl in search of greener pastures.

The fender of Lonny Kirschbaum’s 1969 King Midget in Olympia is now emblazoned with the car’s motto as it survived a fire.

Locals wander the downtown streets on Saturday afternoon looking at cars at the Hub City Car Show.

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Batrick Nerney of Olympia’s 1976 Ford Pinto was originally designed as a family-friendly car but is now race-ready.

A monster of a motorcycle engine built by Suzuki now sits with a nitrous tank where the King Midget’s original one cylinder engine sat.

James McJoe Jr.’s 1971 Chevrolet Impala convertible in Oakville. Exhibited at the Hub City Car Show.

Doni Brown of Rochester’s 1955 Chevrolet “Gasser” prepares to roll off the starting line of the drag races at the Hub City Car Show.

The “Franken-Truck” owned by Jim Peterson of Rochester may have a 1956 Ford F-100 body, but it’s powered by a Chevrolet motor.

As the Hub City Car Show wraps up in downtown Centralia on Saturday afternoon, owners begin taking their vehicles home.

With their waxed and chrome polished, more than 300 residents from the Twin Cities and as far away as Tacoma drove their prized project cars into Centralia Saturday morning for their return at the Hub City Car Show.

Locals lined the streets throughout the morning and afternoon to admire the cars, which included menacing muscle cars faithfully restored to showroom condition, Ford Model A coupes, and even some modern modified cars. Some of the entrants were a little more eccentric than others.

One of the smallest cars at the event was undoubtedly the Lonny Kirschbaum customized 1969 King Midget of Olympia. The King Midget is a home-built kit car manufactured in Athens, Ohio. Compact cheap cars were sold through magazine ads and shipped directly to people’s doorsteps. The cars were designed to use minimal fuel and had only 3 to 10 horsepower depending on the model.

“They originally came with a one-cylinder motor and eight-inch tires. They were two-seater convertibles and I actually have three of them and this one at home. You can buy these in the back of popular mechanics magazines,” Kirschbaum said.

Needless to say, the Midget Kirschbaum drove to the car show was far from a stock motor. He swapped the original single-cylinder motor for a four-cylinder Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle engine tuned to produce 192 horsepower. Although it still has the original frame and body, the rest of the car is far from stock. The suspension, tires, brakes, drivetrain and transmission all had to be modified to handle the Hayabusa’s massive horsepower.

“I’ve got nitrous on it now too. I haven’t turned it on yet,” Kirschbaum said. “I just put a sway-bar on it, and oh my god, it’s spinning around. Driving is very fun. “

He went on to explain that he loves small cars and even though he had the first car bought by his parents in 1968, he bought more to change because of his mother.

“She said to me, ‘You don’t mess with that car,’ and when I got it, I remember just going on the Internet and going, ‘Wow, holy man is the Hayabusa, it’s like the motor in cars. Coming to motorcycle engines,'” Kirschbaum said.

The stock 1968 his parents bought came from Centralia, and another project car he was working on, a 1969 he bought 11 years earlier, survived the fire. With burn marks still on the license plate and the phrase “No Chrome, No Paint, No Problems” painted in red on the car’s matte black engine cover, this King Midget was different from those sold at Popular Mechanics.

Speaking of the eccentric factor, the wildest car in the show has to be Kevin Batey’s car from Onalaska. It was a 1928 Ford “Chicken” Coupe, which Batey affectionately called his “Patched Chicken” Coupe.

While most modified Fords of this era get the hot rod treatment, Batey bought this car nearly 40 years ago and decided to take a different, creative approach. He decorated the vehicle with all kinds of antique decorations, including farm accessories, chicken coops, “Hoover for President” signs and straw — his tribute to the Dust Bowl era.

“I started with pieces from the back of a pick-up truck,” Batey said. “I put it together and restored the drive train and it evolved into this Dust Bowl-themed deal.”

He loves taking it to shows and does often because the vehicle is a unique piece of history and a great conversation starter.

Aside from American-made cars, interesting foreign cars were also on display at the show. Steve Sweet, of Chehalis, drove his flame-red 1971 De Tommaso Pantera to the show at Centralia. Although Italian, the heart of this car is a 5.8-liter Ford “Cleveland” V-8 engine capable of producing 330 horsepower.

“It’s a rare car. I had it for eight years,” Sweet said. “It’s a mid-engine and just a riot to drive.”

While its Italian counterparts Ferrari and Lamborghini still produce cars, Di Tommaso ceased production of new vehicles in 2012, but the company had Formula 1 (F1) racing experience, including the creation of the 1970 F1 car for Frank Williams Racing.

“I got it up to about 100 (mph) and it was scary. I was doing like 50 and I shot it, and in two seconds I did 100,” Sweet said.

The modified modern cars were mostly Mustangs and Challengers, but the 2015 Scion FR-S owned by Craig Hase of Centralia was an eye-catching, purple-and-blue wrap. Hase customized both the engine and body, upgraded the transmission to a six-speed manual, added a bolt-on turbo kit and a wide body kit under the car’s iridescent wrap.

“It came from a guy in Canada. He tuned it to about 450 HP and then blew