"Corvette Thursday", the "Mid-Florida
Corvette Club" brought out nearly 2 dozen of the Great American
Sports Car to tonight's event. Unfortunately they didn't arrive
until after the sun had gone down so I couldn't get any good photos but
they were out in full force. "Big John" even brought out a Corvette, a
great looking low mileage '66 Stingray.
Now lets go back to the beginning of tonight's Cruise-In, Linda & I were
the first to arrive in our '61 Corvair. Bill, N2WFU, in the retired NYPD
Cruiser, along with the boy's Trevor & Mr. Lucky. Riding with them was
Ande, W2HDF with his 2 first time cruising dogs, Frisbee & Shirley,
Virginia, W2VEJ would join them later. Ron would bring his '61 Caddy
next and back it into his favorite spot. Paul backed his '58 DeSoto
under his favorite tree. Larry parked his '64 Galaxie 500 across from
us. Nicky "Bop" only took 2 tries to wedge his "32 Ford Coupe into
it's parking spot. Jean, joined Paul under the tree. "Scary Larry" would
park his Mustang behind Ron's Caddy. Ron H stopped by the lot with his
Model A in a trailer, he had been providing a Car Service for a couple
from Northern Ireland that was married out at Disney World. He later
came back with his '53 Chevy. Coy helped Mike with the cones. The night
looked like it was going to be a big one.
There was a 20% chance of rain but that didn't stop Bob in his SSR, Bob
in his '41 Buick or even Chris from Palm Bay in his newly acquired '76
Vette from coming out. Bill had his '81 Blazer in it's place of honor.
"Cousin John" had his Caddy next to John & Jonathan's '68 Camaro, Ken's
"Car Lot" and 8 track sales was open next to us. Ed & Sarah in the '70
"Shortbox" was parked next to Roger's '48 Chevy pickup. Chuck, N4MOR had
his '57 Chevy Bel Air down in "Hot Rod Row". I even spotted Scot in his
"Scott Rod". Jimmy was wandering around visiting with all. Ed & Evelyn
in her "64 Corvair and Tom & Edna were in the '58 Buick were near Paul.
John in his Mustang parked next to "Bo" in his Corvair convertible. Doc
brought out the Mach 1, Suzanne would join him later. Bob Parked his '68
Chevelle along 13th Street, Nick joined him in the '32 Ford Coupe, Fran
was in the Camaro. Fenne joined them for the evening. Jack had one of
his many cars out tonight, it was a rare '78 AMC Concorde with a 4
speed. The Crawford's had the F85 out tonight. Mark was even out in his
'62 Chevy. The "Looser's" were out, both #1 & #2 and they even have
added #3. Graham, G4HFG, was even with us via the Radio, I didn't
even have time to give him a proper report before it was too late in the
UK, sorry. "Big George" and "Little George" were back out with us again.
Alan was out in his VW Sandrail, Hank was in his "Baja Bug". Ron S was
even out in his '37 Ford. What a night it was. Regular spectators from
last winter, Dennis and Fancine along with Pat & Allan were right up
front for the entertainment, you could even here Dana singing from the
trailer. Bob who had parked his '36 Humpback Ford was assisting as usual
in the trailer. Dan Z had to park his Edsel so that he could show off
his new Caddy tail lights. Dick was out in the white 2+2 Mustang.
It was impossible to remember everyone that made it out tonight, a great
time with friends and a great show for those that happened into our
event. Roger F was out, after his surgery, not even fully healed he was
hobbling even less than before. He sat by Bert & Ernie that were out in
their '66 Comet wagon.
Ande Guilmet, W2HDF, the spectator that rode out with Bill, N2WFU, was
holding the winning ticket for the $138 50/50 he donated $5 back to the
Cruise-In.
"Cruiser of the Week" went home in "Scary Larry's" 1986 Mustang 5.0
convertible with Roger Knight, Cruiser #514.
The "Mustang Mike, Cruiser of the Month" for December was announced.
Bill Khoenle, Cruiser #124. He will receive his plaque from Mike and his
Cap from "Embroidery by Rene" over the next few weeks.
The $275 "Cruise-A-Matic" went home with Cruiser #210 Bob Melendy, he
donated $10 to the Cruise-In and this newsletter. Thank You, Bob.
Our Holiday schedule was determined last month that
the
Thursday Night Cruise-In will take Thanksgiving off as usual and the
20th and 27th of December. Wednesday Nite Cruise will only take the 26th
of December off.
As always a Big Thank You! To:
The BOA (Bank) Staff for using the spots along 13th Street -
AutoZone - Beef O’Brady’s -
Sonic - Saint Cloud NAPA - Whistle Junction
and all those that continue to
support our Cruise-In with Prizes. To “Mustang Mike” for entertaining us
every week.
Here are the photos
Congratulations to the winners! Thank you all for coming out.
See you all "Out There"
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