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It’s the Easter long weekend and that means egg hunts, chocolates and for those in Saskatoon, cars.
The annual Draggins Rod and Custom Car Show returned to Prairieland Park for April 3 and 4, featuring rows of classic cars, imported cars, muscle cars, hot rods, and vintage trucks.
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Crowds were stretching out the front doors by 10:30 a.m. on Friday to buy tickets for Canada’s longest-running club-operated car show.
Even with all the showstopping vehicles inside, though, there was one small, Italian model turning heads —Hilary Fehr’s 1974 Fiat 500.
“Her name is Lola. It just felt right,” Fehr said about her shiny navy blue car.
According to Fehr, when people walk by Lola, “it’s a lot of ‘oh, it’s so cute. How do you fit in that thing? It’s tiny.'” (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
She found Lola on Facebook marketplace in Montreal and flew down to see the car in person before shipping it to Saskatchewan in 2024.
According to Fehr, that process was a bit of, “a hassle because they couldn’t find a truck narrow enough to drive it on.”
With Fehr’s dad working as an auto body painter for 30 years, she said she’s been around classic cars her whole life but Lola is her first vintage one.
There was just something about the old-school Fiat that drew her in.
“I’ve always liked the weird, objectively terrible, little import cars. And this one caught my eye. It’s just adorable. It’s got so much personality,” she said.
Fehr’s serious, though, about Lola not being the ideal car.
“On paper, it’s terrible. It has 26 horsepower. It’s got two cylinder air cooled engine, but it doesn’t feel like a slow car,” she said.
Similar to how Lola, with a flower basket on the back, is unusual amidst the rows of collectible cars, being a woman, Fehr is also a departure from the event’s typical collector.
Prairieland Park was filled with rows of collectible cars for this weekend’s show. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
“Not out of place, but definitely stand out. I kind of like being the odd one out a little bit,” she said.
“It’s fun having these older guys that know a lot about cars asking me questions for once, instead of the other way around,” Fehr added, saying how most questions centre around where she got Lola and the type of engine.
Although Lola is on display, Fehr said she’s not competing this weekend, instead bringing the Fiat to give people a smile.
As for what the future holds, Fehr is saving up to do some cosmetic work on Lola, like repainting.
“It’s a little bit rough in certain places, but it’s perfectly fine as it is right now,” she said.
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