4th Annual Rock 'Til You Drop Car Show & Concert after show

The show turned out to be a great show as the first show presented in the Cape!

This show was relocated from the Downtown Fort Myers location which we have all known for a few years now to be held at the Sunsplash water park grounds during the water parks off season.

Although some entrance signs were poorly placed and the event listing didn't mention that the entrance to the show was in the rear of Sunsplash (one block down and around the back of the school), leading many people to the wrong entrance, all went pretty well. For any of those who did manage to get caught up in the miss understand of entrances, you may have seen me out there helping to direct traffic in the correct direction (I was the guy with the grey hat on).

These events are always so much fun to be a part of for me and seeing the cars, excitement in others, and generally happy people is always plus. All car enthusiasts should have taken the opportunity to visit such a large local car show. Better yet, this show also had great music to add to the event experience. I'm sure next year will be even better!

Many people had complaints about the $5 donation entrance fee, yet managed to make an exception. With this $5 donation you got a FREE hand stamp which gave you access to see the show cars up front and personal (no touching) live music, and food. To me that $5 was a darn good value. Many people remember the coconut festival I'm sure. The Coconut festival also charged an entrance fee for generally the same basic principles.

The Progeria Research Foundation was very happy to have gotten the proceeds and monetary donations from the event. Each year the sales of 50/50 tickets awards one person half all of the money raised, half to charity, half to winner. Although that lucky person returned their share of the money to Progeria, along with the biggest club attendance award for most cars, Best of show award money, and Sheriffs choice award money. All of these actions really show the car enthusiasts good spirit towards charity.

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4th Annual Rock 'Til You Drop Car Show & Concert

This event is coming up very fast on all of us for Sunday Decemeber 7th, 2008.

As some of you may know the event was moved from the Downtown Fort Myers location to the Cape Coral Sunsplash location.

Sunsplash is a seasonally opened water park servicing the SWFL area and is one of Cape Coral's many attractions for summer time fun. During the winter times when many natives do not like to spend time in the water, Sunsplash closes for special events like this car show.

Here is a short video by Chip Foose himself talking about the show and the charity which will receive the monetary donations collect by the show.

Click Here To Watch Videohttp://www.fortmyersrock.com/chip-foose.html

Come Join us at the show and show support for the Progeria Research Foundation.
The Progeria Research Foundation is an organization that supports the finding of a cure for this diesese.

"HGPS or Hutchinson-Gifford Progeria Syndrome (Progeria or HGPS) is a rare and fatal genetic condition characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children." taken from The Progeria Research Foundation website.

This children are affected by this disease by aging as if they were much older then in appearance, making them often loose hair, body fat, stiffening of the joints and other growth signs much like those of elder adults.

The 4th Annual Rock 'Til You Drop Car Show & Concert is being held on Sunday December 7th from 9 am for participants and 10 am for spectators until around 3:30-4:00 PM.
See come out and show you support, enjoy some good food, good music, and see some beautiful classic cars.

For more information visit: http://www.capecoralrock.com/

You will see me around as a volunteer.

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References:
The Progeria Research Foundation, web-base (November 21. 2008), Retrieved 11-24-08, accessed from, http://www.progeriaresearch.org/

Tony Allen Press Release

This article below was published about Tony Allen a local car enthusiast in our local area.
Please read.

PRESS RELEASE

September 22, 2008.

Tony Allen has recently been named the Director of Marketing & Business Development for Classic Auto Restoration Specialist, Inc. (C.A.R.S.).

In 1992, Mike Case, President and CEO of C.A.R.S., decided to restore a 1968 Camaro Z28 that he had owned for twenty years. He took the car to two different shops, but both were unknowledgeable and very slow with the restoration process. These experiences forced him to set up a shop in his garage where he began the restoration of his Camaro in his spare time. His wife, however, was opposed to their garage becoming a classic car restoration shop so Mike rented a small shop and with the help of a local auto body man and a mechanic, working evenings and some weekends, he began his restoration business. During the next two years, Mike accumulated 20 project cars and had once again out grown his shop space.

After thirteen years of personal, hands-on experience restoring classic cars, his present day enterprise, Classic Car Restoration Specialist, Inc. was born. Their new 40,000 plus square foot building meets the needs of a world class classic car restoration facility and they have spent the past two years acquiring zoning approval and remodeling their new facility. C.A.R.S. has successfully restored over 100 classic cars. Their new facility also contains a large array of memorabilia which is for sale, as well as a vast collection of over 1,000 classic car and gas station memorabilia items.

C.A.R.S. also features an online marketing business selling classic cars, auto parts and collectibles. With Tony Allen’s assistance, they plan on establishing themselves as the foremost destination in the U.S. for classic car restoration, sales and service. C.A.R.S. strives to create a pleasant experience and an enjoyable destination to bring friends and family.

Tours of the facility are encouraged. C.A.R.S. is open from 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday and by appointment for special tours.

The facility is located at

17570 N. Tamiami Trail, Suite 2,

North Fort Myers, FL 33903,

just north of the Shell Factory.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Tony Allen239 229-8529

tallen@classicautoresto.com

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SWFL PT Cruiser Meeting 9-11-08

So we held our meeting last night, first meeting back after several months of disband due to "season".
Seems the rest of the world is back to normal besides us. We had two members show last night and 2 guests.
A nice couple from Marco Island in there 2003 Red PT Cruiser GT with lots of add ons.

I had to discuss with the Victory Land owner that we were looking to change locations for a bit to see if that might get some members back, we have to do what we have to do.
I explained to her that it was nothing against the restaurant, we love the place and that we will be back off and on for events and things. So we will see what happens. We are trying to figure things out and this is the first attempt.

When our original president left and gave us the demand of the club, we didn't mind we wanted the club and wanted to develop it more. We are were seeing the downward slope. So it was time to bring in new ideas.

I have taking this upon myself, as many other things, to get the word out better about the club. It seems after we have changed board members, some of the club may not like that idea. It is what it is...we are an open club and I respect the choices of others. I just wish we would get some feedback as the job we are doing. We do not get paid to do this and take out time from our own lives to share something we each enjoy.
As the only active member on the board this month, I have released that my efforts need to expand. I will have to get somethings together for telling others about our club and see what that does. We all have attempted this at one point, however I have ideas others may not have thought of.

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Local Car Show coming up

Rock ‘Til You Drop: Sunday, December 7, 2008
Christmas Day: Thursday, December 25, 2008
New Year’s Eve: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1, 2009
Corvettes on the Gulf Sunday, January 4, 2009
Cub Scout Car & Bike Show Saturday, January 10, 2009
Cool Cruisers show: Saturday, January 31, 2009
Super Bowl Sunday: Sunday, February 1, 2009
Ferrari Club: Saturday February 14, 2009
Fireant Follies: Saturday, March 14, 2009
Easter Sunday: Sunday, April 12, 2009

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Tony Allen Thanks Everyone

"I want to thank everyone for their support of the Andrew Widman Gulf Coast Town Center Cruise-in this past Saturday and apologize to those that couldn’t find a parking place.

All of the car clubs were bidding for the privilege of winning the 50/50 and donating their winnings back to the Widman family. Many of the clubs purchased ticket together. Corvettes of Naples purchased $275 and the Quarter Mile Car Club purchased $175 worth of tickets. There were many other clubs and individuals doing the same. Finally Dick and Diane Bird of the 3-T’s Car Club won the privilege.

Their winning half of the 50/50 was $750. Diane didn’t hesitate to donate it back to the Widman family. The Fort Myers Police Department, Cape Coral Police Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Department were all represented. Law enforcement actually has nicer (and faster) Hot Rods than most of us! There were several local businesses that made donations; including the French Connection from Downtown Fort Myers, Kilwin’s of Gulf Coast Town Center and Computer Xcellence.

I would also like to thank Julia Moore of the News-Press for including this event in the calendar of Gulf Coasting and for the fantastic coverage from NBC-2 and Amie McLain. We have ordered a film clip, that we’ll email to everyone. You couldn’t buy better media coverage than what was given to us by the News-Press and NBC-2.

There were so many people helping park cars and walking with the 50/50 barrel.

Another special thanks goes to the voice of this special event, our D.J., Tom Brooks, his wife Darlene and their friends Keith and Jennifer; in addition, our good friends, John and Tami Ferrell. My son and wife, Bonnie and Michael saw so many good friends that we haven’t seen in years; all there to support the Andrew Widman family.

OK….I know, how much money did we raise?

We presented the money to Sergeant Patrick Gallagher of the Fort Myers Police Department. The Sergeant will email us with the final count but we estimate that it was over $3,000.

I apologize if I haven’t acknowledged someone or their club, but consider yourself a valued friend. Thank you, each and every one, for helping to make this event such a success for the Widman Family!"

"Thanks again, Tony Allen"

Wow sounds like a really great day, sorry I did manage to attend.

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Our Local Club is meeting again

So back at it after a long winter for most, or should I say a cooler summer for us in Florida.
Our Local Club is back at it with meetings again. We will be picking up again in September at our normal local place the Victory Lane Cafe.

However come October we will be moving to a more centered location at Mel's Diner in Fort Myers. Our board has come to an agreement from the number of members we have whom live down south of the city, they find it hard to drive to our existing location. In an effort to keep us all having and feeling an excitement for events and meeting with friends, we have moved to this location.

This location will be good to revamp our spirits and get us back into the swing of things. Best part of all, it is a 60's replica diner! So for all the older members, they should find this place a nice fit ;). After all the PT is a "retro" styled vehicle and should be located in a retro styled place, don't you think.

Anyways we will see what happens here with the club. I have heard through the grapevine that the spirits of many other club members has been done recently and many have disbanded because of the vacationers who typically leave around this time of year.

Hope to see everyone real soon.

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