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PHOTOS: Hot rods at Big Shindig outside DeSoto Grill

Casey Kreider | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 5 months AGO

Visitors stroll through The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Visitors check out rows of custom, classic and unfinished cars at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A turtle figurine rests atop a 1950 Willy's Pro Street Jeep with 900 horsepower and nitrous owned by Christy and Larry Novak, of Kalispell, at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A 1926 Ford T-Bucket, right, owned by Ricco Montini, sits next to a 1949 Chevy Rat Rod with a 351C Ford engine, owned by Greg and Tana Greene, at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A skeleton waves from a 1959 Chevy Apache 3100 owned by Tom Narden at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A 2017 Lamborghini Aventador owned by Dave Knoll at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A sign on the dashboard inside a 1950 Willy's Pro Street Jeep with 900 horsepower and nitrous owned by Christy and Larry Novak, of Kalispell, at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Visitors walk around a 1937 Jaguar with a 1976 Pinto engine and chassis owned by Janet Monk at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A 1954 Chevy 3100 owned by Diane Vollin at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Classic and custom cars line up at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Visitors check out rows of custom, classic and unfinished cars at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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by Casey Kreider
| June 22, 2019 6:25 PM

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Visitors check out rows of custom, classic and unfinished cars at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A turtle figurine rests atop a 1950 Willy's Pro Street Jeep with 900 horsepower and nitrous owned by Christy and Larry Novak, of Kalispell, at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A 1926 Ford T-Bucket, right, owned by Ricco Montini, sits next to a 1949 Chevy Rat Rod with a 351C Ford engine, owned by Greg and Tana Greene, at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A skeleton waves from a 1959 Chevy Apache 3100 owned by Tom Narden at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A 2017 Lamborghini Aventador owned by Dave Knoll at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A sign on the dashboard inside a 1950 Willy's Pro Street Jeep with 900 horsepower and nitrous owned by Christy and Larry Novak, of Kalispell, at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Visitors walk around a 1937 Jaguar with a 1976 Pinto engine and chassis owned by Janet Monk at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A 1954 Chevy 3100 owned by Diane Vollin at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Classic and custom cars line up at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Visitors check out rows of custom, classic and unfinished cars at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Photos from the car show at The Big Shindig outside The DeSoto Grill in Kalispell on Saturday. The Big Shindig features a wide range of classic, custom and unfinished cars as well as live music, barbeque, beer and a pin-up polar plunge. Raffles and an auction benefit Mickayla’s Miracles and Blessings.

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