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Tim Carlson, of Humboldt, puts his show tag on his 1963 Chevrolet Nova II Friday evening at the Fort Dodge Ford Toyota | Ja-Mar Cruise Night at Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota. The bear is his designated driver.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen

Andrew Motley, of Eagle Grove, brought his 1943 John Deere B to the Fort Dodge Ford Toyota | Ja-Mar Cruise Night at Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Friday evening. Motley said his 1957 Chevrolet wasn’t quite ready to show so he brought the almost all original tractor instead.

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Iowa State Patrol Trooper Paul Gardner pretends to issue Mike Winkleman, of Lakota, an old school paper ticket Friday night during the Fort Dodge Ford Toyota | Ja-Mar Cruise Night at Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota. Winkleman’s car, a 1976 TransAm SE, is almost identical to the cars used in the “Smokey and the Bandit” films.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen

Ross Newton, of Humboldt, guides his dad, Mark Newton, as they work together as a team to part the senior Newton’s 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air at the Fort Dodge Ford Toyota | Ja-Mar Cruise Night at Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Friday evening.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen

Part of the fun at the Fort Dodge Ford Toyota | Ja-Mar Cruise Night at Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Toyota is getting to look under the hood at the engines.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen

Nobody really knows if it adds horsepower or improves mileage but the glowing skull eyes add a nice touch to one of the cars on display at the Fort Dodge Ford Toyota | Ja-Mar Cruise Night at Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Friday.