When Plant City puts on the Strawberry Classic, it puts on a show! At over 800 cars spreading throughout the downtown area, there is something for everyone to see. I spent 3 hours walking around, took over 600 pictures, and I still didn’t see probably half of the show. As the show progressed, all of downtown Plant City was filled bumper-to-bumper with classics, hot rods, muscle cars and more.
I ended up getting there at 4:30 on Saturday, just in time to realize there was no parking left. A drive about 3/4 of a mile away finally revealed a spot, so I parked and made my way back through the collection of cars, shooting photos as I walked.
Some of the cars I saw were obvious collector cars, fully restored to their former glory. Others were modified for racing, such as this bastard frankenstein of ford mustang and chevy engine.
Others were obvious works in progress, ranging from “missing some finish pieces” all the way to “really, really needs body work.” Whatever the condition, it seemed that all of the people out here had the same passion for automobiles that would drive them to spend their savings, bust their knuckles on rusty parts and otherwise obsess over a couple tons of steel on wheels.
The Bucketrods and Ratrods made a big appearance too.
Some of the customs went to extremes, including completely re-sculpting body lines to chop heights, stretch length or otherwise skew a vehicle to a new purpose. Here’s a good example of that in a race application VW Bug.
For those interested in racing, you’d definitely appreciate some of the crazy horsepower these machines build.
For the full photo set, check out this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisbaldwin/sets/72157616994830883/
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