The weather was hot at the West End Fairgrounds on Sunday, but that wasn’t the only thing hot.

Starting at 8 a.m., the antique, unique and hot rod cars lined up to get into the fairgrounds to find just the right spot to show off their cars.

Most of the cars made a beeline to park somewhere near shade, although some drivers wanted to park their beauties front and center for all the admirers to see.

Lenny Ahner of Lehighton had one of the most rarest cars at the show - a 1932 Rockne produced by Studebaker.

“The Rockne was an American automobile made by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend Indiana from 1932 to 1933,” he said.

He said the brand was named for the University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.

When asked if he had to do much restoration on the car, he replied that it is pretty much in the same condition as when he bought it from his son-in-law.

Ahner’s son-in-law’s father originally owned the car, and then when it went to his son-in-law he just kept in his garage and piled boxes on it.

“I said if you are just going to keep it in your garage with stuff piled up on it, why don’t you let me buy it,” he said.

Long story short, Ahner is now the owner of a limited edition model of Studebaker. He also has a 1966 Dodge Coronet he restored.

“I was lucky growing up, my dad owned a junkyard and he would let me pick out any of the cars in the junkyard and then I would fix it up,” he said.