Smile

What makes Duane Kingery smile? “Going to the Father’s Day Car Show,” said the 64-year-old Noblesville resident, who was found showing his red 1953 Chevy pickup at the Central Indiana Vintage Vehicles annual Father’s Day Car Show in 2022 in Forest Park in Noblesville. He also has a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette in Monterey Red. He was born and raised in Noblesville and is a 1976 graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School. He has a wife, Nancy, and two daughters, Kelsey and Amber, both who graduated from Noblesville High School and Nancy worked for Noblesville Schools. He has a granddaughter, 15-month-old Brianna Rose Krueger. He bought his truck 13 years ago. “I liked the color,” said Kingery, whose truck won “Best Paint” at the show. Other reasons he was drawn to buy the truck: “I liked the shape, I liked the design … the contours, the way the fenders look. It’s just a beautiful design in my opinion …. It was already painted red. I put different wheels on it, put a different battery box on the back, changed the stereo out, put disc brakes on it, so a lot of mechanic changes,” he said. The truck has a V8 engine, a 350 crate engine, 700R automatic transmission, so it’s a four-speed automatic transmission with overdrive, and has power steering and power brakes, he said. Kingery called his truck a “resto-mod,” (a classic that’s been restored, but modified with modern parts and technology). “I have a hobby of old cars, plus I like to camp, so we have a motorhome. We go to Texas a lot, because that’s where Brianna Rose is.” This year’s CIVV Father’s Day Car Show is 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Forest Park. Admission is free to spectators, $10 for car entries. Read more about the car show in the Betsy Reason column in Wednesday’s edition of The Times.