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pastortom1 said:
It is fun to live here Mike, except for the rainy season...........

I NEVER drive my Mopars in the rain.......if I see droplets on my windshield, I'm runnin' for cover........

I took the Demon to Old Town in Kissimmee for a Saturday Night Cruise.....Lots of fun......until we saw the black cloud coming from the west........before we could even react, we heard the thunder and saw flashes.........There we were, stranded at the cruise, and the heaven's opened up.......I have NEVER seen such a storm in my life..........felt like the roof was gonna be crushed by the force of the rain..........After waiting 45 minutes, we had no choice but to drive her out of there......................Sorry ol' girl. She got a real bath goin' home on I-4.
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I got the Scamp on the road on the 6th of this month. I wanted to go out for a decent drive, so I decided to drive down to Kissimmee. Turns out, Old Town has started a Wednesday night cruise! There were only a few cars, but we had a great time! Nice luck for our first night out.

The last time I went to Old Town, my '74 was a "Friday night car" and not a "Saturday night car". The cutoff for Saturday night was 1972. Since then they've changed the Saturday night cutoff to '74, I'M IN :)

So that Friday night we went to a local cruise-in with about 25 cars, pretty good. And Saturday we went to Old Town! We found a good spot to park and headed over to Fun Spot next door for a ride on each of the 4 go-kart tracks they have. Way cool 8) We came back and walked the 200 or so cars that were there and got back to the car just in time to get in the cruise.

This is all just about the most fun I can imagine having with my family and my car.

My Scamp is a road warrior. I bought it in 2001 while I was driving a 2000 Stratus that I really liked. I sold the Stratus 6 months later when I realized that the gas in it was 6 months old. Having 2 sets of keys, I chose to drive the Scamp every time.

I lived in Rhode Island then and I drove it back and forth across the country and up and down the east coast several times. It sees rain, snow, mud, whatever the road throws at it. Stuff gets dirty. I clean it. Stuff breaks. I fix it.

Third week of June I'm driving the family from Florida to Massachusetts in it to visit my Dad. The end of July I'm driving it to Missouri to see my buddy graduate from boot camp. In between I'll be driving it everywhere else I go. I wonder what will happen to my '05 Mazda now that I have my Scamp back on the road?

Mike
 
Born in Cocoa Beach, grew up Apopka, now live in Eustis, Lake county.............True FL Cracker!!!!!!!!!!
 
I am from Palm Coast Florida and my boyfriend is from Orange Park which is near Jacksonville Florida
 
Matt Haynes new owner of a 1975 Doge Dart Swinger!! Here in Kissimmee Fl. Any car meets here in Orlando/Kissimmee
 
speed world orlando drag strip oct 30 to nov 1 turkey rod run turkey weekend ,webster 1st sunday of every month . garlites 2times a year (?) maybe one melbourn fl big mopar swap meet . there also, i here in tampa a good swap meet but never have found when it was .theres a rag that goes around old town that tells alot of the shows an meets hope this helps you out . im not to far out of kiss maybe we will meet up at old town one night .blue 68 340 dart post car granny's sleeper my friend calls it blue thunder (what ever ) or lime green 70 swinger 340 4 speed .theres 4 or 5 of us mopar fans around clermont groveland that help each other out when need be
 
Didn't know if this was of interest, but this is off of the NSRA web site: www.nsra-usa.com

NSRA Southeast Nationals (2009)
Now open to 1979 and earlier manufactured vehicles
October 9 - 11, 2009
Florida State Fairgrounds
Tampa, Florida

Thursday, October 8th - 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday, October 9th - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, October 10th - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Even though you may not be in your street rod everyone is welcome to attend the event. Bring the whole family for a day at the Florida State Fairgrounds.

Here are a few activities that you will enjoy: the Commercial Exhibitors, Swap Meet, Women’s World (exhibitors with items that will interest women as well as men and children) and a Model Car Show. For additional event information please contact the National Street Rod Association® - 4030 Park Avenue - Memphis, TN 38111 - 901-452-4030.



Spectator gate hours will be Friday, October 9th from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, October 10th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 11th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
 
Matt Haynes new owner of a 1975 Doge Dart Swinger!! Here in Kissimmee Fl. Any car meets here in Orlando/Kissimmee


Matt,

You might want to look at this site. The majority of the members are from central Florida, and while all three manufacturer's muscle cars are found here, they do have breakdowns by groups - i.e. Mopar, FoMoCo, and the Bowtie Boys. The guy that started the site is JR Goodman, owner of the Challenger Foose rebuilt during the SEMA show a few years ago. It's a good group that gets together frequently. Chekc out http://musclecarflorida.ning.com/

Good luck,

MIKE
 
Crap, I thought that I posted a reply to this site when I joined!
I haved lived in Jacksonville for the past 6 years after living in Silver Springs from 1978. I lived about 3/4 mile from CharlieS with all his early A-Bodies.

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Sending a shout out from Rockledge, FL. About 30 mins. from the Space center....
 
Just recently relocated to Central Florida about 6 months ago. I'm in Kissimmee, about 30mins from OldTown.

Would anyone happen to know of any decent salvage yards around here that would specialize or at least have classic cars lying around? I grew up in Maine and was about 10mins away from a salvage yard that's arguably the best in all of New England when it comes to finding parts for classic cars. I kinda took that for granted all those years and now that I don't have it anymore I'm really hoping to find something similar down here in Florida.
 
surfman said:
Surfman---Sarasota Fl----1975 Hang Ten Dart 360
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Hello Vinnie. It has been a while back Cathi and I see you all the time at the local car shows. She has ths Blue Sky slant/6 72 Hope to see yall sometime soon Don
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Hey Brian here native Floridian Born and raised in Orlando Now live in Crescent City. Have a 63 valiant wagon work in progress.
 
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Macclenny, Fl here.. 20 mi west of jacksonville fl. northeast fl... we love our mopars up here although they are getting more scarce it seems around these parts..

what bothers me is when im filling up the ole 73 duster at a gas station and a fatherson trio pull up at the next pump and the son asks the famous question..."ooo daddy what is that cool car".. the dads come back with a slap in the face.. "well son thats a really nice nova." haha
 
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