It was an incredible day at Biltmore Way in Coral Gables for our annual classic car show. With 111 vehicles in attendance it turned out to be our largest yet. We had all kinds of vehicles in participation from the early 1920’s all the way up to 1999. Making it a great selection for anyone and their favorite decade of automotive era. The weather although slightly warm was beautiful all day, by far the largest attendance ever by participants and by spectators, a few local celebrity sightings and City of Coral Gables commissioners and their family enjoying the show. 

This year we attempted to keep the cars arranged by class of judging as opposed to wherever they landed, eventually we had to jumble some in down the middle of the road. We did have the complete roadway from LeJeune to Hernando St. which allowed us to spread the vehicles along the whole roadway. Making it a beautiful display and amazing overhead shots from a drone. 

Photos courtesy of Rex Turner and Jaime Landauer

See Below for award winner.

Winners by Class

American Production 1925-1949

John Hermida 31 Ford Model A, Augusto Sanchez 34 Ford Model A

American Production 1950-1959

Nivardo Mora 54 Ford Crestline Skyliner, Al Padilla 55 Buick Century

American Production 1960-1969

Jose Trujillo 64 Ford Thunderbird, Timothy Battle 63 Corvair Monza 900

American Production 1970-1999

Patrick Mayer 78 Lincoln Continental Mark V

Factory High Performance 1955-1973

Robert Lopez 70 Plymouth Cuda, Juan Rodriguez 70 Chevrolet Chevelle

Factory High Performance 1974-1999

Shelly Zambo 92 Dodge Stealth,  Carlos Alvarez 81 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

Corvette 1953-1973

Michael Welch 65 Chevrolet Corvette, Eduardo Padron 68 Chevrolet Corvette

Corvette 1974-1999

Ivan Clare 78 Chevrolet Corvette, Kevin Brown 79 Chevrolet Corvette

Mustangs 1965-1973

Adrian Cicero 66 Ford Mustang, Everardo Padron 69 Mustang Mach 1

Mustangs 1974-1999

Manny Mendez  92  Mustang LX 5.0

Foreign Car Luxury All Years

Marcos Quintero 88 Mercedes Benz 560SL, Bob Caplan 85 Rolls Royce Corniche

Foreign Car Non-Sporting All Years

Larrey Epstein 82 Citroen 2cv, Jose Pacheco 74 BMW Tii

Foreign Car Sporting 1950-1969

Francisco Mantollena  52 MG TD,  Dave Farber  69 Jaguar XKE

Foreign Car Sporting 1970-1999

Drew Gregg 73 BMW 3.0 CS, Felipe Isaza. 96 Porsche 911 Carrera

Trucks, Military Vehicles & Motorcycles

Manny Garcia 93 Chevrolet Blazer Tahoe LT,  Jose Centeno  51 Chevrolet Pick up

Best of Show

Nivardo Mora  1955 Packard Clipper Constellation

It was an amazing day, weather was excellent, a little warm but great. The cars showed up everything from 1920 to 1998 was on display on Biltmore Way. The great setting and awesome example of automobiles drew the crowds over.

Besides having a record setting 100 cars at the show there was probably the most pedestrian spectators to ever attend the show. The quality of cars and varied years gave everyone attending something they cherish from their youth and other examples of automotive history to admire.

The most amazing thing was that 20% of the show field was comprised of European Sports cars, something which is growing every year, forcing us to expand the classes for next year, yes we are already thinking on how to improve on this year’s event for next year.

Thank you to all the volunteers that made this happen, the judges and especially to all the amazing car enthusiast that brought their amazing automobiles out to the show. See you in 2024!