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The BPOC show was to be at Old Town this weekend, it was postponed to November 5th because of the possibility of Hurricane Wilma making landfall today on the South West coast of Florida. We arrived about 1:30 to take some photos of this show and of course to "Cruise" our regular Cruise. The fact that the show was to be today, many of the regulars would wait until 5:00 to make their way to "Trophy Row" so the line up of cars was very scarce at 4:00 when the gates closed for staff lunch. Just about that time the skies opened up, this turned Florida Plaza into a lake! The spectator parking was also flooded with water, not sure but it must have been at least 1 to 2 inches in a very short time. It was still raining at the gates opening and that kept many regulars from coming in.

We had four of our "Regulars" in block 5 by 5:30 and a newly painted '51 Ford driven by Terry Makiekskie. Mike T. made the decision to open block 4 to spectator parking as the field was flooded. This was a little strange to be parked in like that but it was our choice to stay where we were, after all we had an overhang and the rain was not done for the night.

The "Die Hards" that we always see where out tonight. Mark, Joe, Bill, John and Roger where in their regular spot. Big John had a '59 Chevy Impala parked by Cruiser Registration. The rain we were getting had more to due with the big Low that was moving in to help steer Wilma away from Central Florida than it did with Wilma herself.

Gary Hodge had his newly painted Black '66 Mustang out for the first time tonight. Terry & Bonnie Delay, Cruisers for over 5 years, came out their last time in a Red '66 Mustang, her first car by the way, before moving to Iowa next week.

At Cruise time 71 cars made their way around "Kids Town" to run the "Saturday Nite Cruise" one more time. This is an amazing number considering all the rain that fell on us today. I was also surprised at the amount of spectators that lined "Deac Hundley Blvd", it wasn't a record crowd but it was still at least 3 people deep on each side. It is these "Cruisers", the ones that bring out these "Stars", the Rolling Automotive History that make this event the international spectacle that it has become the last 15 years plus!

On to the flag winners

Bob Burke with a Green '72 GMC Pickup
Larry Day with a white '65 Mustang
Bill Azar with a Red '29 Mercedes
Russ Lacerenza with a Blue '67 Ford
Gary Hodge with a Black '65 Mustang
Terry Makiekskie with a '51 Blue Ford
Terry & Bonnie Delay with a Red '66 Mustang
Harriet Quiroga with a Rose '66 T-Bird
Mark Roberts with a Silver '64 Caddy
 

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Even with all the rain I did get a few photos....