Lakes Park 31st Festival of Wheels

So today was to be the Lakes Park 31st Annual Festival of Wheels located in the park. If anyone knows about this show it is put on every year in February. This show has been a huge hit with enthusiasts and lovers of cars for many years and is hard to forget when at its best.

Sadly, this year the show was a total bomb. There was probably about a third of the vehicles that normally show up and the pedestrian attendance was very low compared to normal. As a former car show attendee and forever future enthusiast, this outcome saddens me. I remember, under different management, how HUGE this show had become. It was by far one of the area largest with a lot to offer.

A way out of the chaos. This was the first time new managing members setup this show. I think they just needed a little more help advertising this in the paper and elsewhere. I personally are on the mailing list of show so I never miss any of them, unless otherwise working or doing something that I had not finished early that same week. So I arrived rather late today, around 4 o'clock or so. Meet up with my good friends in the circuit, Roger Burwell (owner of the 2002 PT Cruiser many have seen) and Steve Fladung (owner of a 97' Mustang with vertical doors). As I was arriving, the both of them were packing up. This show was to go on until around 6 pm tonight, however it seemed to end early.

As a member of the SWFL PT Cruiser I like to see what the buzz is in and around the local circuit. There will definitely be some buzz about this last car show hands down. I felt it was a very poorly laid out strategy this time around in the marketing of this show. Most of the shows support some form of local charity, this is basically an incentive for pedestrians to view some magnificent cars that have had many hours spend on creating, modifying, or preserving their heritage.