Vintage Auto Fest returns to Glen Ellyn

Posted May 10, 2017 11:00 pm

By Jean Jeske Glen Ellyn Historical Society

Old-fashioned cars and their owners from DuPage County and beyond will showcase their vehicles next month at the Glen Ellyn Historical Society's fourth annual Vintage Auto Fest.

The featured auto at the fest is the Kennedy Packard, the official car of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, United States ambassador to Great Britain from 1937 to 1940. Kennedy was the original owner of the vehicle, now owned by Russ Rodriguez, regional director of the Greater Illinois Region Classic Car Club of America.

He acquired the car in the 1990s and restored it to its present condition.

The Vintage Auto Fest is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at Stacy's Historic Corners, 800 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn. Admission is free, and free talks on automobile history are given at the Glen Ellyn History Center throughout the day.

Mini-tours of Stacy's Tavern Museum are available for free, and the Glen Ellyn Historical Society's annual bake sale offers homemade pies, cakes, cookies and other pastries.

The annual sidewalk sale is at Stacy's Corners Store, and activities for children let them create color drawings of vintage vehicles to take home as a memory.

For information on the auto show and the day's other activities, call (630) 469-1867 or visit gehs.org.

Jim Manak, a member of the Glen Ellyn Historic Preservation Commission, and his wife, Lucille, are bringing several of their vintage autos to the fourth annual Vintage Auto Fest on Saturday, June 3, on the grounds of Stacy's Historic Corners, 800 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn. Courtesy of Glen Ellyn Historical Society

If you go

What: Vintage Auto Fest

When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3

Where: Stacy's Historic Corners, 800 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn

Cost: Free

Info: (630) 469-1867 or gehs.org

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