June 9th

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The Saturday Nite Cruise®
Established in 1990
Rain or Shine, 52 Weeks a year!
Old Town Shopping Attraction.
5770 West 192
Kissimmee, Florida

June 9th

What a beautiful day, heading for a Hot Summer night at Old Town, NASA managed to get a picture perfect launch of Atlantis on the STS117 mission, on time last night. Dennis wasn't needed as a backup, so he and Cindy would be on their way over in the '63 Corvette Grand Sport from the "Space Coast". Steve Mc would meet us at the top of the "Hill" for our weekly pilgrimage in his '41 Willys pickup for the first time. Tony & Sharon said they would be a little later than normal, Mike & Kristen met us just about 1:20 so off we headed on to the Parkway.

Gary was at the gate, Ron was to come in a little later. Bratt was at her post at registration. We made our turn at the clock to head towards "Trophy Row" about 1:50. "Big John's" GT 350 was on the corner but the streets looked a little bare. It was pretty hot by now and the weatherman said not to really count on the 10% rain chance to give us any real precipitation. Kathy dropped the gate at Florida Plaza for us to make it to our favorite parking area behind "Black Market Minerals" in block 4. Tony & Sharon only ended up being a few minutes behind us. So there we were, back in place for another Saturday in "Town". One might think that coming out every Saturday night might end up being a drag, well it isn't. Linda & I enjoy all of the people that come out. "Cruiser" friends and all of the spectator friends we have yet to make. Especially those that we see every time when they come back to Florida on vacation. I still haven't heard anything from Ted. Hope he is O.K. Larry, WA3PGL, and Linda, KA3PRB, friends of the Cruise came out to join us at "Flippers" for dinner. We all stayed by the cars for while, then headed to dinner a few minutes early to drop off the newsletters. Not too many regulars were in place by the time we headed up, the "Orange Blossom Chapter of the AACA" would line the bricks on the East side of Deac Hundley Avenue. The "Antique Car Club of the Bahia Shrine" were to have several cars North of the Stage. Emil had his "Fat Fendered Ford" near the British store where he likes to be. Shane was nearby in his '57 Chevy. Those 2 great Corvettes that barely escaped the salvage yard, then beautifully restored, were at the "Top" right next to the RS Camaro.

We then took our usual place outside at "Flippers", of course Jane was our server, she always takes great care of our varying sized groups. We took our time and visited with all and watched many cars roll onto the bricks. The now much quieter, T-Rex" made it's way in. Mark in his new T-Bucket wasn't far behind. After leaving "Flippers" we started to head back. Now many of the AACA cars were coming in. Including that '55 Chrysler, the MVP award that Enos Slaughter was given by the Yankee's after the World Series. On the way back down to the cars we all visited with others and I learned that Mike Singer would be out and Allan would be at the controls of "Old Town Radio".

Once we were back at the cars, Bob & "Bo" joined us in block 4, Terry, out as a spectator, stopped by with a "John Deere" lunch box for Tony. A spectator, Dave, KC2BFL, who just relocated to Florida, stopped after he saw the antennas on our car, mentioned that they would become regulars after seeing what was in "Town" tonight. Doc was also out in the "Tater Truck", Jaime & Aglae had visitors with them from Puerto Rico, the youngest, Luis rode out in the Cobra. Louie in his '52 Ford and his cousin John in his Caddy were parked just down from us. Tonight I stayed near the cars instead of my usual lapping the town and visited with many that stopped by. Carolos, KC4SJL. was visiting from Miami and stopped by. About the time that Linda & I made our regular run to the General Store, Graham, G4HFG, from Manchester, England, called in over the Radio to check on the details of tonight's event.

It was just after 8:00 when I went and snapped a photo of "The Dukes" on their new corner, doo ing what they doo best. Angel even joined them for a tune or two. Then it was time, Nikki stopped by with the "Flag Winners" and the "Cruiser of the Month", Tony & Donna Fisher in their '68 Mustang were being led to block 4, that becomes the staging area at this time, by Lee & Bratt. The 2 visiting clubs would follow closely behind him. Once they were set at "Kids Town", Allan. who had been taking requests and playing his mix of music from what he likes to call the "Blue Room" gave the safety announcements, played a special rendition of a "recorded live at Old Town" version of the National Anthem. Right on time the cars hit the bricks of "Deac Hundley Avenue", delighting the large crowd of spectators. There would be a total of 209 cars rolling by them on this Hot Summer Night.

Thank you Old Town for letting us, the curators of this "Rolling Display of Automotive History", the cars that are the "Stars", to be their guests this evening. Thank you to the Old Town Merchants Association and the Sponsors of this event, Valvoline & the A&W to name a few. Thank you to Rich, Joe, Ron, Lee, Nikki, Micha and the entire Cruise Staff for keeping us all safe. Thank you to our fellow Cruisers for making this our 237th consecutive Saturday a fun and Safe one.

Great Job Allan!
11:30PM, Heard from Ted, he's OK!

On to the Flag Winners...

Tonight's random drawing winners that and received the coveted "Old Town Checkered Flag" along with $25 cash, A Case of Oil from Valvoline and a drink from the Tropical Breeze.

Congratulations to the Checkered Flag Winners!