Mike Lazaroff, of Saxonburg, sits in his 1988 Trabant Kübel, an East German patrol vehicle he bought last year and displayed on Saturday at the Penn Township Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. The vehicle is one of only three in the U.S.

PENN TWP -- By 3:33 p.m. under the blazing summer sun at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport, 1,003 classic and unique vehicles had rumbled into the 22nd annual Penn Township Mega Cruise.

The constant stream of gleaming machines jockeyed for about 900 spaces that organizers had provided for show cars.

Kent Shoemaker, vice president of the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department, said luckily, cars were sporadically leaving their spots, which were quickly snapped up by those just arriving.

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