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yellow1098Greg
04-23-2012, 09:36 PM
Is there good Orlando good shows or meetups any weekends or nights of the week?

BMR Sales
07-31-2012, 10:53 AM
Greg,


I think we need to organize a Central Florida Power-Tour......

digitalman2112
07-31-2012, 02:04 PM
Old Town in Kissimmee - every Friday night is 73 & newer domestics, Saturday night is 72 & earlier...

I went last month on a Saturday night and there were close to 500 cars - it was nuts.

Lots of factory restos & general hot rods, rarely see anything I'd consider pro-touring - but I'm not there very often so I may have just missed them...

Boostable
07-31-2012, 05:05 PM
There are a few show around that are on monthly schedules. We definitely should try to get a group together and work the circuit! Not that I am anywhere NEAR being ready to do that.. lol I have to finish my current bike build before I even get anything substantial done on this thing.

digitalman2112
07-31-2012, 05:44 PM
Good to know local people, even if just to see if they need unused parts or to help out in a pinch...

Patrick
07-31-2012, 06:04 PM
Count me in if you decided to get together sometime. There is also a very casual get together of various hot rods and muscle cars on 436 near Rachel's - I think it is Saturday evenings.

digitalman2112
08-01-2012, 03:30 AM
Patrick - my son (12) wants to build a CJ8 as his first car - i just sent him the link to your page for it :)

Patrick
08-01-2012, 05:50 PM
The Scrambler is a blast. I just finished an LQ4 and 4L60e swap. I'll have to update my Cardomain page.

digitalman2112
08-01-2012, 05:57 PM
We went out to the weekly Orlando Jeep Club meetup tonight - really nice guy there (Trevor) built 3 jeeps with his sons, was a perfect guy to meet & talk to my son. I'd love to see that LQ4 swap - sounds awesome!

Wheel Werkes
08-02-2012, 12:36 PM
I like BMR's idea. Im in!

DarkBuddha
08-03-2012, 09:38 AM
Make it a driving event like an autocross, and I'd probably drag my butt up there (from Sarasota) for a meet.

maxgee
08-03-2012, 06:59 PM
Power tour sounds, Great,
BMR, why don't you take the lead in setting this up?

cdoggy81
08-03-2012, 09:09 PM
Sounds like a cool idea :)

yellow1098Greg
08-04-2012, 02:52 PM
I think the power tour sounds Awsome BMR. I'll drive up that way anytime, once I get these little things sorted out I have going on. Not that we all don't have those here and there. My ride needs a lot of pro-touring love as well

I also would love to check out those local meetups. where do you guys find the info for them? A website? Or just word of mouth?

LV42DAY
08-13-2012, 06:01 PM
id be interested in meeting up. my car is far from perfect and will probably break down during the trip but it will just be another story to tell ("remember that time when we were in the camaro and ......). my car will be getting shipped here pretty soon (within two weeks) so if anyone is serious about meeting up, please let me know, i am all for it.

LV42DAY
09-01-2012, 07:49 PM
i went to the old town saturday night cruise. over 200 cars showed up. mostly fully restored or hot rods style cars. lots of beautiful cars there tonight. closes thing to a pro touring car was a 68 camaro with a copper paint job, shaved dripped rails, flush glass, lowered, with 17s. although i spoke with the owner (very very nice guy) i did not get to ask what type of suspension he had in as my stomach was so hungry it was eating itself.

i definitely plan on going again, especially when my car finally gets here. if anyone would like to meet up there or even prior to a friday or saturday cruise let me know.

here is a link to Old Town's website for more info:
http://myoldtownusa.com/car-cruises/saturday-nite-cruise/

BMR Sales
09-04-2012, 07:27 AM
I need to get to Old Town soon. My wife and kids love it there too so I can make it a "family night"

Yenko boy
09-25-2012, 04:10 PM
sept 29 cars n coffee riverview fl

Don't have much info on it but I got the little info I know from a car site local to me.

http://www.need2speed.com/vb_forums/showthread.php?t=88354

BMR Sales
10-08-2012, 10:42 AM
Anybody interested in meeting up at the NSRA Southeast Nationals next weekend (Oct. 12-14) at Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa? I went last year and there were alot of musclecars but only a few Pro-Touring, Streetfighter rides. This could be a cool event for us to get together for the 1st time.

Journey is playing Friday night at the Fairgrounds Amphitheater, and the Hard Rock Casino is about 1/2 mile from the event. There is a Ker's Winghouse across the srtreet from the fairgrounds which is a good place to grab some food and drinks and they are having UFC153 Saturday night.

http://youtu.be/RAYX-Q4NTFU


Go to this posting to confirm you can make it there:




https://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?27398-Florida-Peoples/page9

latamud
12-26-2012, 09:19 AM
I just moved to the Tampa area a couple months ago, and then took an extended vacation to Afghanistan. I'm not sure if these were posted yet but I'm looking forward to going home in a couple months and wrenching on my projects again.

The Orlando Cars and Cafe event is the last Saturday of every month at Mech Tech Institute from 9am to 12pm.
LINK1 (http://www.orlandoautomotiveclub.com/cars_and_cafe.html)

St Petersburg Cars and Coffee at Dupont Registry, 3rd saturday of EVERY month 7am to 9am.
LINK2 (https://www.facebook.com/CarsAndCoffee)

DarkBuddha
12-28-2012, 07:57 AM
For anyone south of Tampa, i.e. Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, etc., I started an group to keep track of local stuff going on. You can check it out at www.SRQCDE.com.

Dereiter
01-04-2013, 10:40 PM
I just moved to the Tampa area a couple months ago, and then took an extended vacation to Afghanistan. I'm not sure if these were posted yet but I'm looking forward to going home in a couple months and wrenching on my projects again.

The Orlando Cars and Cafe event is the last Saturday of every month at Mech Tech Institute from 9am to 12pm.
LINK1 (http://www.orlandoautomotiveclub.com/cars_and_cafe.html)

St Petersburg Cars and Coffee at Dupont Registry, 3rd saturday of EVERY month 7am to 9am.
LINK2 (https://www.facebook.com/CarsAndCoffee)

I participate in Cars and Cafe periodically. Ricky is a chief of this meeting. He is great!

napaknowhow
04-25-2013, 05:53 PM
st cloud has a meet every thursday alot of cars and trucks show up a bunch of old timers there its great

76formulaLS1
02-12-2015, 01:25 PM
Clermont has a car meet/show at the Citrus Tower every 1st Saturday of the month

76blackbird
10-13-2017, 01:34 PM
Anyone here does autocross in central florida? I have been autocrossing since 2014 in my 1976 firebird with SCCA and Martin Sports Car Club and have only seen one 1969 camaro I just wonder if anyone knows about autocross or just don't care to have fun with their cars.

DarkBuddha
10-18-2017, 05:34 PM
Anyone here does autocross in central florida? I have been autocrossing since 2014 in my 1976 firebird with SCCA and Martin Sports Car Club and have only seen one 1969 camaro I just wonder if anyone knows about autocross or just don't care to have fun with their cars.

I don't know who on here that does auto-x, but goodness knows, there's plenty of opportunities in that area. I'll actually be up in Gainesville at the Grassroots Motorsports $2017 Challenge this coming weekend. Unfortunately, it'll be with a 1998 Saab 9000, and not anything V8 or rwd. :|

BMR Sales
10-19-2017, 08:43 AM
The Lake Mirror Classic is this weekend in Lakeland. One of the nicest Car Shows in the Country!

chuckd71
08-21-2018, 06:27 PM
Bumping an old thread since I just moved down here to Spring Hill and found this group on FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/FASTAutocross/
Looks pretty cool, lots of events, plus it's close. Hoping more things will turn up around this area or within an hour or two

Steve68
12-04-2022, 11:24 AM
look up Martin car club they hold autocrosses at the Florida Convention center parking lot,

Background .... they used to race around the Martin Marietta plant on Sand Lake Rd, Now it's Lockheed Martin and Lockheed side of everything is probably to worried about someone suing them or catching covid! I was there during covid and they acted like we were killing each other,

But they have a web sitge with dates of events,

Pedigry
12-05-2022, 07:11 AM
Im just north of orlando, I would be down for a meet as well.