Events go all summer long.
We’ve got ’em listed. Don’t Delay!
Get your Yellow Book today.

Get the Yel­low Book and get a han­dle on the hun­dreds of events hap­pen­ing this sum­mer. Whether you are look­ing for an event near­by or one a day’s dri­ve (or more) away, the 2026 NW Car Events Cal­en­dar is the place to look. We cov­er auto events in Alber­ta, British Colum­bia, Ida­ho, Mon­tana, Ore­gon, and Wash­ing­ton. PLUS, we also list all the great events in Mon­terey, CA, includ­ing the Peb­ble Beach Con­cours, Vin­tage rac­ing at Lagu­na Seca, Con­cours Ital­iano, The Quail and the parades, dis­plays and suc­tions dur­ing this spe­cial week every August.

Yel­low Books can also be pur­chased direct­ly through our web­site or from our many ven­dors — Clif­f’s Clas­sic Chevy Parts, The Bird Nest, Vin­tage Motor Books, It’s A Clas­sic, Grafit­ti Alley, WAAAM, Le May Col­lec­tions at Mary Mount, and Drager’s Club­house at the nor­mal retail price of $6. Stay in the know about what’s hap­pen­ing in the Pacif­ic North­west and West­ern Cana­da; buy a Yel­low Book tgoday!

Right to Repair Important to Hobbyists 

There’s been a lot of talk about the move by automak­ers to make it manda­to­ry for car own­ers to have repair work done only at the deal­er­ship. It is almost need­less to men­tion that this pro­pos­al has not proved pop­u­lar among con­sumers. Even Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump hates the idea and has told the automak­ers so.

In truth, it must be said that the right to repair argu­ment real­ly does not apply to hob­by­ists that own old­er col­lec­tor cars as the deal­er­ship net­works are not set up for this type of ser­vic­ing. Also, fac­ing the fact that most auto own­ers do not work on their vehi­cles but use either the deal­er­ship or an inde­pen­dent shop to have vehi­cle ser­vice per­formed, the pro­pos­al does not seem to real­ly impact us all that much.

How­ev­er, look deep­er into what the man­u­fac­tur­ers are real­ly try­ing to do and it is obvi­ous that putting the inde­pen­dent repair shop out of busi­ness is the real goal.  Most con­sumers have the deal­er­ship ser­vice the car dur­ing the war­ran­ty peri­od but after a cou­ple of years or so switch vehi­cle ser­vice to a local inde­pen­dent shop. Usu­al­ly this is done for own­er con­ve­nience and to save mon­ey. Inde­pen­dent shops tend to bill at a low­er rate than the deal­er­ships, as their over­head is gen­er­al­ly much low­er. Addi­tion­al­ly, inde­pen­dent shops often employ mechan­ics who have pre­vi­ous deal­er experience.

What­ev­er the real and hid­den rea­sons for this pro­pos­al, it is clear that the impact rule will take away much of your rights as an own­er. Addi­tion­al­ly, if this does become pol­i­cy, it also means that the cost of own­er­ship will sky­rock­et. It’s all about the Ben­ji­man’s folks. They want more mon­ey out of their cus­tomer base and they want con­trol. Don’t let them win. Con­tact your con­gress­men, sen­a­tors and the White House. Tell them that you do not want the car­mak­ers to take away your right to repair.

Peter DuPre, Pub­lish­er
NW Car Events Cal­en­dar
PO Box 1448, Kami­ah, ID 83536 USA
nwcarevents at autoword.net

 

Are You Buying or Selling?

If you are think­ing about sell­ing your col­lec­tor car, try plac­ing an ad to sell your vehi­cle in the North­west Clas­sic Auto Mall and for one low price, your ad will run until you sell! Look­ing to pur­chase a vehi­cle? Check out the North­west Clas­sic Auto Mal­l’s incred­i­ble list­ings. They have hun­dreds of cool vehi­cles list­ed on their web­site, so you are sure to find just what you are look­ing for. Email to: staff at nwcam.com 

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