15 cars gathered in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Osceola
Parkway to make the Voyage to Mount Dora at 8:30AM, Linda & I with only
a few hours of sleep. It was raining, more of drizzle actually but
wet. Chuck & Cindy in the open sided T-Bucket and Randy & Sharon in the
'66 Ford Pickup went ahead to the Turkey Lake Plaza, it wasn't raining
up there and we were going to pull through there and pick up a few
others anyway. Just before 9:00 Bob & Marge, in their Chevelle, called
and told us he got on the Turnpike rather than pulling into the parking
lot and would meet us at Turkey Lake as well. "Malibu Mike" called from
his Greenbrier to say he would catch up with us.
The first of our caravan would roll
through the first toll plaza to the Turnpike right at 9:02. What a
sight, a '69 Ranchero, a '64 Grand Prix, a '55 Chevy, a '50 Jeepster, a
'95 Probe, a '65 Greenbrier, a '70 Corvette, a '62 Ranchero, a '63
Corvair Convertible, a '65 Mustang convertible, a '66 Mustang
Convertible and our '61 Corvair Coupe lining up on the road headed
towards our next hesitation at the Turkey Lake Plaza to pick up a '65
Corvair convertible, a T-Bucket. a '66 Ford pickup and the Orange
Chevelle. Tony was in the lead Steve Mc was in the middle and Linda & I
were bringing up the tail. Mike in his '64 Greenbrier was behind us as
we ran slower for him to catch up which he did just before our turn on
to 429. We all then made our way onto 441 for the final leg to the
event. There were many more old cars and bikes on the road as we made
our way through the towns of Plymouth and Zellwood making or way to
Mount Dora and Renninger's Twin Markets where this Mt. Dora monthly show
and swap meet takes place.
We arrived at 10:00 and made our way
to the top of the hill. There were probably more than 150 cars and
Motorcycles already displayed. Tony had already Pre-Registered all of
us, we were directed to a spot that they had reserved for us. Don was
already there in his '60 Metropolitan. John & Sandy would join us a
little later in their Custom '56 Ford. This would make our total
participation 19 cars.
There were many swap tables set up
with lots of car goodies and other things in the trees on the hill.
Several food and beverage stands, The Flea Market was on the other hill
and the Antique Mall at the bottom of the hill we were on. Several went
to see them both.
The Show staff brought our group a
cooler of soda, Thank You!. Their DJ was very entertaining. I know that
Bert & Ernie won a door prize. There were many prizes for the Bikes.
Then we won the "Club Participation Award" that was given to Tom & Edna
in their '65 Greenbrier and the $100 we will put in the SCTNC general
Fund. Top 30 for the cars, one going to Chuck & Cindy's T-Bucket, along
with "Best Of's" for GM, MOPAR and Ford. Best of Show was a tie between
a '40 Buick and Gary & Wanda's '55 Chevy, "Remember When" the winners
split the $100. It was a good show and a good time.
At 4:00 we all headed home, different
routes were taken by the departing cars, some wanted to take other
routes. Tony & Sharon, "Malibu Mike" and Linda & I headed out together.
Even though the day started off with a Drizzle it sure turned out to be
a nice one. So, one never knows, do they?
Thank You to the Staff for a great
time at the "Mount Dora Car Show and Swap Meet".
Here are a few photos
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