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MONTICELLO — A winter tradition returns to Iowa when KCRG TV9 Presents the O’Reilly Auto Parts Rod & Custom Car Show. The affordable family fun event is now in its

An Annual Car Show is Happening in Monticello This Weekend Make your way over to Monticello this weekend to check out some awesome vehicles! The 52nd Annual Rod and Custom Car Show will be held at the Berndes Center this Saturday and Sunday, February 27th and 28th. According to the official press release, the 2021 event will feature all sorts of family fun. It reads: "This year’s event will feature a new selection, including some never-seen-before street rods, custom cars, street machines, h...

Back in the 1960s, Ralph Muller of Monticello rebuilt a 1937 Chevy coupe for drag racing at strips near Port Byron and Cordova in Illinois, as well as Cedar Falls and other sites. He also took it to car shows in Des Moines and Rock Island in the late ’60s — as well as inside Veterans Memorial Building on May’s Island in Cedar Rapids. When his mother, Catherine Muller, suggested he start a car show in Monticello, he and two buddies did just that. Bob Oeschger of Cascade and Rick Heeren, no...