ROCHESTER — Cars with popped hoods to display their engines, a tractor and a handful of old pickup trucks lined the parking lot at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School on Saturday, May 10 despite a gray and rainy morning.

Car enthusiasts brought their vehicles to the high school to not only show off their rides but to support the Class of 2028, with funds raised during the event set to go toward the class’ senior prom, class trip and other events throughout the year.

Grace Furtdal of Achushnet, who is a part of the Class of 2028, volunteered at the event, helping to keep track of the vehicles participating in the show.

She explained there were few guidelines people had to follow, with categories including vintage, classic, imported, exotic, muscled and modified and antique vehicles.

“We definitely put a lot of work into it,” Furtdal said. “Even though it’s for just the freshmen class, we have people from all the grades help.”

Jimmy Breault of Achushnet chose to bring his ‘66 Ford F150 to the show after his son, who is a student at Old Colony, asked if he could be a part of the fundraising event.

“I told him, ‘Yeah,’ so it’s just a fun weekend toy,” he said.

Breault’s father purchased the truck about seven years ago to honor his father, who started the family roofing business in 1966.

Steven Aoyama of Marion brought his 1972 Morris Mini to the car show, which he has driven to shows as far north as Syracuse, New York.

The Morris Mini, which was made in England and is unusual to see in the United States, is a station wagon known to be similar to go karts.

“They’re really good on twisty roads and the small roads that they have all over in Europe,” Aoyama said.

Aoyama bought the car after he saw it for sale on eBay in Bridgeport, Connecticut while looking to purchase a sedan.

While Aoyama doesn’t drive the car on a day-to-day basis, he often brings it to car shows where gets to see people react to it and talk with them about the vehicle.

Aoyama said that Old Colony’s car show in particular is great to be a part of because the students who come by are often into cars and enjoy taking a look at his.

“We can be parked next to a Lamborghini or something, and there’s as many or more people gathered around this car as there is around the Lamborghini,” he said. “It’s a funky little car that everybody seems to like.”