SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Fifty two years ago, Tony Marinucci navigated the downtown Scranton streets in his 1947 black Cadillac sedanette.
Then a student at Scranton Technical High School, Mr. Marinucci still remembers the moment his uncle Sam handed him the keys to the car.
"I felt like the coolest kid in school," he said.
On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Marinucci parked his restored car on the soccer field behind Scranton School for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Children - the site of the 10th annual classic car and hot-rod car show.
Sponsored by the Pocono Mountain Street Rods and Baptist Bible College, the show featured more than cars, ranging from a 1922 Ford Model-T pickup truck to a 1966 Pontiac GTO.
Though admission was free, all donations benefit the school's 55 students, who range from 3 years old to eighth-graders, said Jon Konzelman, assistant to the principal.
School officials haven't determined what the funds will go toward, but it can be anything from library books to laboratory equipment, Mr. Konzelman said.
The car show provides community residents an opportunity to see the renovated campus, the former Lourdesmont school on Venard Road, CEO Donald E. Rhoten said. "It's an example of our commitment to Northeast Pennsylvania."
Seated next to his British sports car, a 1959 MGA 1600, Bob Petras said he found his prized possession - after years of unsuccessful searching - while driving in West Pittston in 1994.
"I was in the car with my son, and we saw it pass by," the Old Forge man said. "Then, when we were headed back home, it passed us again.
"My son made a U-turn and chased him down."
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