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2025 MEMORY LANE

October 7, 2025 emedina

Another successful display at Memory Lane at the Miami International Auto Show, from September 26th through October 5th an amazing 10 days.

We had 46 vehicles on display this year, ranging from 1928 to 2000! A variety of makes, models and years. The display began with an 1928 Chevrolet Coupe that once was owned by Larry Fine of the Three Stooges. The Featured car of the event was Al Rocoe’s 1940 Ford Sedan now owned and displayed by Guy Lewis who also brought out a 1936 Ford Convertible with rumble seat also belonging to a past South Florida Region member, Harry Gobels. The display also featured a tribute to the movie Bullit with Steve McQueen and had both the 68 Mustang and 68 Charger side by side, and to continue with some movie tribute we also had a 1981 DeLorean as featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future.

We had an amazing crew of volunteers working a rotation every day, keeping a watchful eye over all the pristine vehicles. It was the most well attended and behaved group of spectators in years.

3rd annual Rally to the Convention Center we had the Sunshine Corvette Club & the South Florida Classic Mustangs come out and display their vehicles out in front of the Convention Center on Saturday, then on Sunday we had the Atomik Playground VW Group come out with the classic Volkswagens.

Thank you to all who brought their cars out for the display or Rally and to all the volunteers that came out and spend some quality time as a club!

Photos courtesy of Jevon Olea

Best of Show award went to Mr. Koethers 1931 Cadillac V12 Imperial

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2024 MEMORY LANE

March 21, 2025 emedina

Another successful display at Memory Lane at the Miami International Auto Show, from Aug 30th through Sept 8th an amazing 10 days.

We had 48 vehicles on display this year, ranging from 1896 to 2000! A variety of makes, models and years. The display began with an 1896 Ford Quadracycle and was organized in chronological order all the way to the year 2000. We would have loved to have a couple more of 30’s and 40’s era vehicles but overall it was an incredible display.

We had an amazing crew of volunteers working a rotation every day, keeping a watchful eye over all the pristine vehicles. It was the most well attended and behaved group of spectators in years.

In addition we had several added bonuses, on Monday Labor Day we had the Sunshine CorvetteClub come out and display their Corvettes out in front of the Convention Center, then on Saturday 09/07 we had the South Florida Classic Mustangs display out front and Sunday 09/08 we had the Atomik VW Group come out with the classic Volkswagens.

Thank you to all who brought their cars out for the display or Rally and to all the volunteers that came out and spend some quality time as a club!

Best of Show award went to Volker’s 1973 Citroen DS Henri Chapron Series II

The Outside rallies

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2023 Memory Lane at Miami International Auto Show

September 18, 2023 emedina

As in the years past Memory Lane exhibit was displayed at the Miami International Auto Show in the Miami Beach Convention Center. This display consisted of a great collection of 33 vehicles worthy of the great Memory Lane tradition of displaying fine examples of automotive history. The display originally was to have 50 automobiles but some last minute changes by the venue forced us to cut the display down in size. With an added flare the cars displayed ranged from 1928 through 1998 including American and European cars. Thank you to all the club members who volunteered to displayed their cars.

Every car owner volunteered and contributed to the event, probably one of the best group of volunteers in the past several years. A very special THANK YOU to Stephen and Kathy Greenblatt who always spend countless hours all week long at the show doing everything they can.

Enjoy the Digital Display

Pictures provided by Al Padilla

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Memory Lane 2022

October 24, 2022 emedina

As in the years past Memory Lane exhibit was displayed at the Miami International Auto Show in the renovated and expanded Miami Beach Convention Center. This year we had a great collection of 35 vehicles worthy of the great Memory Lane tradition of displaying fine examples of automotive history. With an added flare the cars displayed ranged from 1928 through 1992 including American Muscle and European Sports cars. Thank you to all the club members who displayed their cars.

To our volunteers, thank you for the countless hours spent at the show providing information to the spectators and also keeping a watchful eye over the cars. Every car owner volunteered and contributed to the event. Much appreciation to the following individuals who took the time to come out and volunteer or spend time at the display yet not having a vested interest in a car. Maurice and Jean Hawa, Tomas and Yovanna Hernandez, Andy Leavy, Alex Fardales, Bob Squire, & Ira Shapiro.

A very special THANK YOU to Stephen and Kathy Greenblatt who spent countless hours all week long at the show doing everything they could and even providing hot coffee.

Enjoy the Digital Display

Pictures provided by Al Padilla

The Best of Show went to

Mohammed Shanti with his

1970 Coronet Super Bee

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Memory Lane – November 1-10, 2019

November 4, 2019 emedina

This year the Memory Lane exhibit was displayed at the Miami International Auto Show in the newly renovated and expanded Miami Beach Convention Center. This year we have a great collection of 40 vehicles worthy of the great Memory Lane tradition of displaying fine examples of automotive history. Apparently 1956 was a very good year since the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance award went to a 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk and the Amelia Concours D’Elegance award went to a 1956 Chrysler Newport. Take a look at all of them. Thank you to all the club members who displayed their cars.

To our volunteers, thank you for your time spent watching over our members cars during the show providing both security for the cars and information for the spectators.

Photos by Mel Mann, Bob Squier and Philip Williams.
Here are the award winners followed by photos of the show.
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The Schigiel Collection’s 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk was chosen for Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance Award.

The Guy Lewis Collection’s 1956 Chrysler Newport was chosen for the Amelia Concours D’Elegance Award.

Here is the rest of the show.

Havana Classics

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Memory Lane – October 5-13, 2018

October 8, 2018 emedina

Memory Lane 2018 will go down in the record books as part of the first Miami International Auto Show in the newly-renovated Miami Beach Convention Center. After more than two years of work and the interruption of Hurricane Irma, AACA South Florida brought forth some of the finest cars in our club, including a 1958 Mercedes Benz 300 D ‘Adenauer’ that was owned by both Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro, although it’s not clear that they shook hands on the deal. Also on display was a 1994 Ford Mustang Cobra, the pace car of the 1994 Indianapolis 500. The amazing part of its story is that the odometer turned over 1,000 miles on the way to the show.

As in years past, the Havana Classics were a separate part of the show in its own setting and included a 1931 Ford Model A Deluxe Phaeton, a 1947 Chrysler New Yorker, a 1950 Matchless G9 motorcycle, a 1954 Buick 72R Roadmaster, a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, a 1959 Oldsmobile 98, and as previously noted, the 1958 Mercedes Benz 300 D ‘Adenauer’. Every one of these cars evoked memories of Havana in days gone by. All that was missing was a mojito in hand and the cry of the gulls over the Malecon.

Memory Lane took up two areas on the main floor of the center and provided room for the crowd of over 600,000 estimated visitors to see their automotive past, be they teens envious of the muscle cars of the ‘70’s and 80’s like the Shelby GT-350, AMX, and Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z Z-28; British invasion fans of the English sports cars such as the Austin-Healey and MG; movie buffs who wanted to go back to the future in their 1981 DeLorean, the die-hard Mustang and Corvette denizens, the tasteful stylings of Rolls-Royce and Volvo, and even the families remembering summer vacation treks in the 1988 Pontiac Safari station wagon. For those who prefer wind in their hair (assuming they still have some) and maybe bugs in their teeth, there were motorcycles to remind them that you meet the nicest people on a Honda. There was even a reminder of the old Cold War with a Fiat 126 P, the P standing for Poland, the land of its birth. The 1,000 mile Mustang Cobra was followed by its little brother; a 1994 Indy Pace Car Mini Replica go-kart for kids of all ages. In all, twenty-nine cars took up the floor and caught the attention of the crowd.

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped set up the show and get it ready, and to those who made the effort and took the time to come to Miami Beach to help keep an eye on the cars and answer the questions of the visitors. The show could not go on without you. And of course a big thank you to show chair Mel Mann, who coordinates it all, and co-chairs Ira Shapiro, Bob Squier, and Philip Williams. We may have missed 2017, but we more than made up for it this year.

By Philip Williams
Photos by Bob Squier, Philip Williams, Bob Mayer, Ira Shapiro, and Mel Mann

1954 Buick 72 RRoadmaster

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Category Archives: Memory Lane

2025 MEMORY LANE

Best of Show award went to Mr. Koethers 1931 Cadillac V12 Imperial

2024 MEMORY LANE

The Outside rallies

2023 Memory Lane at Miami International Auto Show

Memory Lane 2022

The Best of Show went to

Mohammed Shanti with his

1970 Coronet Super Bee

Memory Lane – November 1-10, 2019

Havana Classics

Memory Lane – October 5-13, 2018

1954 Buick 72 RRoadmaster

Antique Automobile Club of America