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About 70 vehicles, from classic low riders and souped-up muscle cars to Chris Peña's 1940 Chevy pickup that he spent years restoring will be part of 's car show to benefit Pima County's , Arts & Education Program.

"We try to do one or two fundraisers a year," said Peña, the club's president and one of its founders. "We do a sweater drive for Casa de los Niños once a year, and then it just depends how it works out."

Saturday's fundraiser at Las Artes, 23 W. 27th St., is a do-over for an event planned in October that was canceled because of the weather.

Las Artes is a countrywide program that helps people ages 17-27 get their GED. Participants go through an assessment to determine where they are in their education, from middle school through high school, before they begin the eight-week sessions.

Depending on their placement, the program can take as little as eight weeks or as long as 32 weeks, said Program Manager Patricia Gastelum. 

On average, the program graduates 60 participants a year, she said. Some of them go on to pre-apprenticeships in a dozen different trades that could lead to jobs.

The money raised Saturday will be used to provide necessities from toiletries to clothes, shoes and blankets. items that Gastelum said could make a difference in a participant finishing the program.

For Peña and the members of his 10-year-old car club, the fundraiser is an opportunity to bring together two of their favorite things: Family and cars.

"It's a family affair, you know, All of our families are all included in everything we do," Peña said. "We don't exclude the family, the wives, the kids. My kids are junior members."

Peña's father is also part of the club.

Peña was 14 or 15 years old when his father gave him the 1940 Chevy.

"By the time I was 16, I got it running," he said, adding that his father had tore the truck down but "he never really got to to do what he wanted to with it."

Although he got it running, Peña put the truck on hold when he was attending Pueblo High School and found more reliable transportation.

It wasn't until years later that he brought it home "after I kind of grew up" and started from scratch.

"I just completely tore it down all the way to the frame, and then just rebuilt it to what it is now," said Peña. "I tried to do everything myself. I built it here in my garage, and it was missing parts. It's a pre-World War II vehicle; it's always a challenge to find original parts for but, you know, if you search the right places."

It took Peña about five years and upwards of $20,000 to $30,000, money he said he could easily recoup if he sold the truck.

But the 52-year-old Peña has no plans to sell.

"I was my father's and my kids love it, too," he said. "So I'm just gonna hold on to this one for sure."

Peña said Saturday's event, which will include live mariachi and dance performances, food trucks and merch vendors, will feature cars from the club's 17 members as well as entries from other area clubs.

He described Peligrosos as "just a group of guys that we've known each other for a long time and and we all have cars and motorcycles and all that stuff."

"We're just like a working man's club," he said. "We do a lot of project cars and we do all of the work ourselves."

Cars are expected to roll in around 9 a.m., and the show runs from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free, and there will be a 50-50 raffle.