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Kenny Tatman

Kenny Tatman

Organizer of the Maple City Street Machines Cruise-In, an annual car show in downtown Monmouth, Illinois that draws 3,500+ cars and 30,000 attendees.

Jul 29, 2026

1:28
So, 27 years running, what, what's kept it growing do you think? And w- you know, is-
1:33
The biggest thing is, um, we have it on a Friday, and the reason we have it on Friday is because the Fred Gibb Show is Saturday.
1:42
So, it's a weekend event, and all the Fred Gibb cars come on Friday, but a lot of them cars are in museums now, and the value of them cars has just went through the roof.
1:51
Tell us what a Fred Gibb car is.
1:53
Fred Gibb was a Chevy dealer in La Harpe, and he was a college roommate with the man that eventually become president of General Motors.
2:01
And in 1968, he ordered 50 Chevy II Novas with a 396 and a 400 transmission that was legal for pro stock drag racing.
2:10
And to get one, you'd have to buy it from Fred Gibb.
2:13
Well, he sold all of them in '68.

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