Bruce and the Corvairs

Cruisin Bruce, the daily morning show host DJ on "The Pike," 100.1 FM in New England, was our guest DJ for the Saturday car show and he did a great job.

He also took photos, such as the one above, and posted them on his web site, CruisinBruce.com.  Want to see 'em?  Just click this link and scroll down to the "International Corvair Convention" photo group.  Bruce Palmer does more than 100 car shows each year and adds new events to the web site regularly, so you may have to scroll down through a few more recent shows to find the Corvairs.

Bruce is a die-hard "car guy," owning several collector cars, participating in as many car shows as his schedule will allow, and driving to his gigs in vintage cars, such as the Mercury Comet station wagon he used to come to Sturbridge.

200 Corvairs

For Saturday’s big car show, by mid-morning the number of Corvairs in the Sturbridge Host Hotel parking lot was 184, with more still on the lawn alongside the lake and some in the general parking area -- and more were coming in!  Eventually, audits will be done, the census bureau will send canvassers into the field, and we’ll have a final number. But for now, the official tally is Wow Look At All The Corvairs!

Here’s what it looked like at one point:

New England DJ Cruisin' Bruce did a great job with the tunes, the vintage commercials, the announcements and the awards, and the Sturbridge Host Hotel nicely put a refreshment stand alongside the show. Mother Nature did her part by holding back the rain until all was over except the awards presentation, which was moved indoors when the skies opened at 3 PM.

Cruisin' Bruce!

In the photo is our convention's Saturday car show event emcee, Bruce Palmer.

Bruce Palmer isn't your typical DJ.  He's a dyed-in-the-wool car guy and an asset to any car show in southeastern New England. Besides being the morning DJ voice of 100.1 FM, "The Pike", Worcester's #1 morning show, he hosts a different cruise night five nights a week, including the largest cruise night in the northeast (some nights over 2500 cars) held every other Thursday at Patriot Place, next to Gillette Stadium.

Not just that, he's booked up to host and DJ at various car shows and events every weekend through the whole car show season. He takes photos at all his shows and posts them on his website, cruisinbruce.com, each night after each gig. Then he's up before dawn each morning heading from his home in Coventry, Rhode Island, to Worcester for his morning radio show.

Convention deputy chairman Ray Bombardier says, "I honestly don't know when this guy sleeps but he's always on top of his game!"

He’s got a garage full of collector cars, including this uncommon 1959 Plymouth wagon.

Bruce Palmer has been a great friend to all the car clubs in the region through the years, including the Bay State Corvair Club. He's always quick to play Paul Revere & the Raiders' tune, "Corvair Baby" at any show where Corvairs are gathered.

Around New England, if you see that Cruisin' Bruce is hosting an event you know it's going to be first rate. In Sturbridge you'll agree after the first few minutes you hear him.