Hello. I'll be in Jacksonville in May, 22nd to 27th. Where / when are the cruise nights, shows, swap meets, shops I should go see? I'll have a rental car and do not mind short trips. Best wishes, David.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 align=center><TBODY><TR><TD cl***=evText>May 5-7, 2011</TD><TD cl***=evText>Cruise Into History PT Cruiser Show Cruise Into History PT Cruiser Show Hosted by the First Coast PT Cruisers, and held at the Days Inn, 1300 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard, this PT Cruiser-only show benefits the Betty Griffin House, and includes many events throughout the weekend...visit the website for all the details, including online registration. 011011 </TD><TD cl***=evText>St. Augustine</TD></TR><TR><TD cl***=evText>May 7, 2011</TD><TD cl***=evText>Miracle Network Open Car Show Miracle Network Open Car Show 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Held at the Sam's Club, 300 Busch Drive, this open-to-all show benefits the pediatric programs at both Shands and Wolfson Children's Hospital. There's awards, food and beverage will be available, and an Elvis concert. Registration fee is $25. For more info, or call (904) 371-0362. 021611 </TD><TD cl***=evText>Jacksonville</TD></TR><TR><TD cl***=evText>May 14, 2011</TD><TD cl***=evText>St. Augustine Cruisers Show St. Augustine Cruisers Show 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Hosted by the St. Augustine Cruisers, and held at the Florida School For The Deaf And Blind, 207 North San Marco Avenue, this open-to-all show includes dash plaques to the first 150, two awards in each of 27 cl***es plus Best of Show, door prizes, 50/50 drawing, food and beverage available, music, and more. Host Hotel info is on the flyer. Pre-registration by April 29th is $15, day of show is $20. For more info, call (904) 540-0049. 041311 </TD><TD cl***=evText>St. Augustine</TD></TR><TR><TD cl***=evText>May 15, 2011</TD><TD cl***=evText>Putnam County Fairgrounds Swap Meet Putnam County Fairgrounds Swap Meet 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Held at the Putnam County Fairgrounds, 117 Yelvington Road. Gen. admission is $4.00, children under 14 free with a paying adult. $100.00 patron drawing prize. A DJ @ every show. A free water, soda or draft beer with each paid admission ticket. Show & Corral (for sale by owner) registration free with paid admission. Club/Organization participation award (15 or more vehicles) registered. Trophies & Cash Prizes! Vendors welcome: outside 15x30 $20, when reserved. $5 extra day of show. Vendors must supply their own cover & tables. Electric available for $5 per day. Food vendors MUST call a contact since different fees & requirements apply. ATM provided for by FL ATM SERVICES always on site. For more info, call toll free using your area code 904-425-9898, 386-868-3727, 352-505-8287, 407-412-9429, or 321-441-3874. 061510 </TD><TD cl***=evText>East Palatka</TD></TR><TR><TD cl***=evText>May 28, 2011</TD><TD cl***=evText>Orange Park Rotary Car Show Orange Park Rotary Car Show 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Hosted by the Orange Park Rotary Club, and held at Orange Park High School, 2300 Kingsley Avenue, this show features Top 30 awards. Pre-registration is $20, day of show is $25. Save the date...more info to follow, or call Frank at (904) 276-9292. 010111 </TD><TD cl***=evText>Orange Park</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Not really any cruise nights that I remember. I lived in Saint Augustine for a year until last August. Beautiful beaches in Saint Augustine by the way. Take advantage!
Jacksonville First Saturday of the Month 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Chris - (904) 693-1123 Hosted by the Sunshine State Chevelles, sponsored by National Carburetors, and held at Krystal's, 8015 Merrill Road. Featuring 50/50 drawing, door prizes, music by SSC DJ Chris, and donations accepted for Hubbard House of Jax. Open ot all years, makes and models. 062210
St. Augustine Third Saturday of the Month 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM David - (904) 669-2321 Hosted by the St. Augustine Cruisers, and held at the Ponce de Leon Mall at 2121 US 1, one-half mile south of Route 1/SR 312 intersection. Cl***ics and street rods on display. Door prizes, 50/50, Rick's Pick Trophy and Oldies (music that is). Come and enjoy the nostalgia and these beautiful rides of yesteryear! Food court and rest rooms available in the mall. 020210
Jacksonville First Sunday of the Month 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Chris - (904) 693-1123 Hosted by the Sunshine State Chevelles, and held at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 8221 Southside Boulevard (Deerwood Plaza), there's a FREE Tropical Smoothie to participants, trophies, 50/50 drawing, and cool music by DJ Chris. Open to all years, makes and models. Dontations to Hubbard House of Jacksonville accepted. 062210
South Daytona Third Sunday of the Month 12:00 PM Richard - (386) 295-8766 Hosted by Pagano's Pizzeria, 1945 South Ridgewood Avenue. You're invited to join us as we meet at a designated time and location, then cruise to a selected restaurant for a bite to eat, good conversation, and to meet other cruisers.These cruises are 45 minutes to two hours drive time each way. Some routes may have a point of interest to cruise to after lunch depending on what we set up. Call for all the details. 020111
South Daytona Every Monday 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (386) 767-7600 Hosted by Long Doggers Grill and Brew, 2452 South Nova Road, and open to cars, trucks, and motorcycles. There's door prizes, and music by DJ Frank Roberts.
Gainesville Second Saturday of the Month 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Curt - (352) 332-5984 Hosted by the Gainesville Street Rods, and held at the Publix Shopping Center, 9200 NW 39th Avenue.
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The Merrill Rd Cruise at Krystals is the best out of the bunch, the rest are the PT cruiser/thinderchicken clubs of Amuricuah.... Not alot automotivly speaking in J-ville.....lots of really sweet cars around here....however none of these retards round here drive em (none is an overgeneralization....but MOST don't) I don't get it.... Alb. NM is a much smaller population and land m*** and has way more auto related stuff to do than us.... THEN you get the contingent that *****es that nothin cool ever comes to J-ville....yet when Goodguys came for 3 years inna row they ended up having to drop the venue cause no one came J-ville ****s............Rant over.........
There is a cruise-in every Saturday nite... On the 4th Saturday, (May 28th)there are actually 2 shows. The one listed at K-Mart on Blanding 1/2 mile north of 103rd Street. One not listed is at K-Mart @ I-295 and Normandy Blvd. Normandy Blvd is 1 exit south from I-10 on I-295 on the westside. At the bottom of the exit ramp, turn left, go up the hill to the 1st light (there is a Shell and a BankAmerica) and turn left. K-Mart is on the left.behind the Shell Station. A bunch of the older stuff (40s and 50s) show up. And then about 9pm every Sat. night at Sonic on Beach Blvd (1/2 way between Southside Connector and 9A) a lot of people show up. PM me if you need better directions and other info ! <TABLE id=table2 border=1 cellSpacing=1 borderColor=#bbbaa2 borderColorLight=#bbbaa2 borderColorDark=#bbbaa2 width=895 height=894><TBODY><TR><TD cl***=style1 height=176 borderColorLight=#bbbaa2 width=220 borderColorDark=#bbbaa2>1st. Saturday</TD><TD cl***=style1 height=176 width=570> K-Mart on Blanding and Kingsley </TD><TD height=176 width=281 align=middle> Sponsored by K-Mart</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD height=206 width=220 align=middle>2nd. Saturday</TD><TD height=206 width=570 align=middle>Food Lion Shopping Center 445 State Rd 13 Fruit Cove, FL 32259 Corner of S.R. 13 (San Jose) & Race Track Road hosted by Jacksonville Rod RunnersPlease park in designated spaces ONLY Do not park in the Food Lion Customer Area </TD><TD height=206 width=281 align=middle>Sponsored by Moe's Southwest Grill and Pinch-A-Penny</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD height=197 width=220 align=middle>3rd. Saturday</TD><TD height=197 width=570 align=middle>River City Marketplace City Square Drive Jacksonville, FL 32218 Plenty of restaurants, shopping and a theatre! An Awesome family night opportunity! Hosted by the F100/F1 Club</TD><TD height=197 width=281 align=middle>Off of I-95 and Duval Road (Jax Airport/Duval Rd. Exit) Park between Wal-mart and Lowe's Look for our DJ for more info! </TD></TR><TR><TD height=156 width=220 align=middle>4th Saturday</TD><TD height=156 width=570 align=middle> K-MART ON BLANDING AT CEDAR HILLS</TD><TD height=156 width=281 align=middle>Sponsored by K-Mart</TD></TR><TR><TD height=151 width=220 align=middle>5th Saturday</TD><TD height=151 width=570 align=middle>Murrays Grill 4638-52 E Hwy A1A Yulee, FL 32097 Hosted by the Amelia Cruizers </TD><TD height=151 width=281 align=middle> 2011 Cruise Dates April 2, July 30, Oct 29 and Dec 31 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE id=table3 border=0 width=919 height=371><TBODY><TR><TD height=49 width=6> </TD><TD height=49 width=903><HR>PLEASE NOTE</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
There is test and tune going on at Gainesville Raceway Wednesday nights (I see you are not going to be around Saturday which is race night down there). Won't be much HAMB friendly stuff on Wednesday, but at least you can catch some stuff in motion rather than a bunch of old wrinklies in lawn chairs. Take your rental car out there and put the insurance to good use. Not much else going on during the week. There is club cruise ins for late model clubs (F-bodies and stangs) and the ricers gather on the west side and pretend that they are the fast and furious. You also have the Mud Bogs going on during the weekends. It may sound redneck to you northerners and west coasters, but you can see some very unique fabrication on some of these trucks, you just might learn a thing or two. But as others have said there isn't much else going on, we are unfortunately one of the hardest hit cities from the recession. A lot of people have left and out of those of us here, times are more than hard, especially if you had anything to do with the housing sector.
It is just a couple hours ride. Head over to 301 south and then local roads, real nice day trip, I was in & out of Jax 1973-2005 with US Navy, lots of car action but Garlits' place needs to be on a bucket list and he constantly rotates displays.
Garlits Museum, Daytona Race track and museum, Hairy Gl*** shop (funny car bodies), ch***is fab shops on north side and westside for roundy-round cars, AACA show at Orange Park Dog Track, Rod Runners Annual Show, Gainesville Raceway, OLD junk yards on US 1 just north of Daytona, OLD junk yards just south of Blackshear, Ga. (best one has stacks of fibergl*** "SHAY" bodies crated along fence on east side of US 1, ask to tour his private museum), The big Harley "Emporium" just north of Daytona along I-95. Have a nice stay!
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