2nd Annual Street Fair in Millport
Last weekend of October
Car show hosted by HALOS (a group of women in Millport and Kennedy, AL that are trying to bring wholesome family entertainment back to our towns). If interested, please call the club president (Julie Kelley) at (205) 662-8222.
Calera Elks Lodge Third Annual Car & Truck Show
May 10 , 2008
355 Pilgreen Drive, Calera
Show will be held at the Calera Elks Lodge. For information call Calera Elks Lodge (205) 668-0545 or Sisters II (205) 668-1585. Download a flyer here.
16th Annual Orphan Vehicle Celebration
Snellville, GA
Saturday, May 3, 2008
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Hosts: Local chapters of the Studebaker Drivers Club, the Packard Automobile Club, the American Motors Organization, Fiat Lancia Unlimited and the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club
Come celebrate 16 years of extraordinary vehicles!! Every year we get surprised by the assortment of vehicles that show up! So many companies have stopped producing cars and trucks over the years and they all come to our show! So bring anything out of the ordinary! Mustangs and Corvettes, Fords, Chevies, Dodges and Cadillacs not invited!
For more info, download the flyer here or call Rick Kamen at (404) 288-8222.
Will Rogers Heritage Festival 2008
June 7-8, 2008
Guntersville, AL
The Will Rogers Heritage Festival 2008 would like to invite all antique vehicle owners to bring your vehicles to beautiful downtown lake Guntersville on June 7th and 8th of 2008. There will be excellent parking for all vehicles downtown to show them off. If you wish to enter your vehicle in this event, click here for a registration form (PDF) or contact Milla Sachs at (256) 571-7565.
We recently learned the Furnace Master Restaurant at Tannehill closed, so THIS Sunday we will be again meeting at Jim ‘N Nick’s in Homewood.
5th Annual Georgia State Studebaker Meet
April 11-12, 2008
Albany, GA
Host hotel: Quality Inn Merry Acres, 229-435-7721, rate is $69 per night and includes breakfast. Please click here for meet details.
“1951 Studebaker - all new brakes and cylinders, engine ran last summer… Has not been turned over this year. All cab parts included, spare interior parts, door and hood in great shape. Rust through in cab corners, step-up section and lower rear of both fenders. Replacement metal for all rust spots available Classic Enterprises. All glass intact except rear…. I have it out and together for template to cut a new one. Most wiring has been replaced. Drivetrain in great shape. ran and drove strong last summer before removing front fenders, grill and hood.”
For more information email Joseph McGee.
Huntsville Collector Car Auction
March 15, 2008
Huntsville’s Von Braun Center
Inaugural event! Centrally located in the heart of the South near Nashville, Birmingham and Atlanta, Huntsville’s Von Braun Center offers a great venue for a Collector Car Auction. The Nashville version of this event usually brings about 200 cars. All makes. Some Studebakers are already on the auction list. Contact Kruse at 800.968.4444 to consign today!
Click here for more auction information.
Click here to see the auction inventory.
January 13 - Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ
February 10 - Ezell’s Fish Camp (Near the Oak Mtn exit off I-65. ph.663-7818)
March 9 - Furnace Master Restaurant at Tannehill State Park. Elections to also be held!
April 6 - Lunch at the Bass Pro Shop in Prattville
May 3 - Blue Suede Cruise in Tupelo, MS
August 9 - Bama Belle Riverboat Cruise in Tuscaloosa
October 12 - Annual Oak Mountain State Park picnic
November 9 - Thanksgiving party at Ross and Bonnie Johnson’s
December 7 - Christmas meeting/party (Location TBD)
The December meeting for the Heart of Dixie Chapter will be held at Jim and Sharon Standifer’s house in Tuscaloosa, December 9 at 1 p.m. For directions or to RSVP, see your latest chapter newsletter or call Jim and Sharon at (205) 556-5631.
