We parked our '67 Dodge Dart 270 on Trophy Row about 2:50 pm after stopping by the office, Steve ran into Allan who reported that Uncle Bob had recovered enough to be on plane returning home to complete his recuperation. Gary had his '07 HHR Sherrod parked south of the stage and Larry & Linda arrived as we finished setting up, Bill & Doris brought out their '87 Chevy S-10 and Dave was in his '83 Grand Marquis.

We headed to Flippers a little early but not much, while we were waiting for our meal Rosemary, Dan & her Mom Grace arrived in her 2000 Mustang Convertible for a Flippers Early Bird meal. Stan & Maryann drove by in their '05 Escape as did Tommy the Keyboard player. Mike & John took care of us and Trish came out to greet us when she arrived for her shift.

Back on Trophy Row Richard joined us in his '99 Neon then headed to work at Mystical Visions suite 179, Tom & Bunny fearing the storm they would have to drive home in brought out their '02 Dodge, Keith brought out his '83 El Camino. I know I am not that good at recognizing the vehicles but even I knew Ray was teasing when he tried to convince me his custom '05 F150 parked north of the stage was a '29 Studebaker, I think the Ford emblem on the front was the give away. John parked his '57 Chevy 210 next to Ray, Ron came out to his first Wednesday Nite Rock at the Clock with his '51 Chevy Sedan Delivery, Bert & Ernie brought out their "Elvis Tribute" PT Cruiser, Ron had planned to enjoy the cruises without a vehicle this year but after a recent return trip to Iowa he brought back a '63 Corvette, Jerry & Judy were in their '86 Fiero GT, Laura was in her '98 Firebird. Dave, Jo Ellen & Morgan were out in their '08 Kia the '63 Avanti is getting a “face lift” and a lot of TLC and I believe it is enjoying every minute being spent on it. Rene has returned for the winter with his Cadillac, Opera Coupe although he did not bring it out tonight. Lynn left her wiperless '49 Ford Pickup at home because of the threat of a storm and brought out her '08 Avalanche complete with wipers. Don did not bring a cruiser but came out to socialize, he had been a guest of the International Car Show at the convention center over the weekend with his 1965 Blue Convertible Rambler Ambassador and Debbie in her '99 "Elvis Tribute" Cavalier brought the total number of cruiser cars to 16.

After the first set Steve awarded Cruiser of the week to Cruiser # 60 Jerry & Judy Kaminski with their '86 Fiero GT. Bunny did a great job selling 50/50 tickets Jean from Davenport had the winning ticket for the $25 jackpot. Cruiser #54 Bert & Ernie Brown in their "Elvis Tribute" PT Cruiser went home with the Cruise-A-Matic so we start over at $25 next week. Laura had the winning ticket for the Valvoline case of oil for her '98 Firebird.

We were extremely fortunate the cold front that was threatening severe storms delayed it’s arrival until our Wednesday Nite Rock at the Clock event was finished. Peter Alden and the Blue Suede Review with Joe standing in for Shawn on lead guitar did a great job entertaining us along with Gabriel the dancer. It was a light, friendly crowd who got to enjoy a very pleasant evening.

Thank You to Old Town for inviting us out every week, to the Old Town Merchants Association for sponsoring “A Tribute to the King”, to Out of This World Embroidery/Custom Tags, The Old Town General Store, Knives & Things, Toy Time, Electronic Town, The Gold Hut, Kandlestiks, Wound ‘N Around and Old Town Leather, Valvoline, to Tracy Old Town’s Events Director who brings us the “Rock at the Clock” event to Gary & Dave our volunteer TCB guy’s and to all of the Spectators and Cruisers with or without their cars, who come out “Rain or Shine, Hot or Cold” to make this a great evening in our “Home Town”.

See you all Next Week “Same Time, Same Place”

Next week Clive and Jean will be renewing their wedding vows then the following week we will be cruising with the “Holiday Golf Carts”.


 

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