Palmetto Cruisers

Palmetto Cruisers Car Club, Florence, SC

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Plan now to join us at the Piggly Wiggly May Fly Air Show & Festival CLASSIC CAR & BIKE SHOW at the Florence Regional Airport on May 19th, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Car or bike registration is from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and registration cost is $20... Pictures from the 24th ANNUAL HEMINGWAY BAR-B-Q & SHAG FESTIVAL CLASSIC CAR & CYCLE SHOW in Hemingway, SC on April 21st and hosted by THE PALMETTO CRUISERS CAR CLUB OF FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA are on the RECENT EVENTS page! Pictures from the Palmetto Cruiser's March 31st 2nd Annual Florence-Darlington Technical College / ESAB Welding Rodeo Classic Car & Cycle Show are also on the RECENT EVENTS page... All are welcome to join us at our next meeting on Monday, June 4, 2012, at SHONEY'S Restaurant, 2101 W. Lucas Street (US 52) in Florence... 6:30 pm to eat... 7:30 pm to meet...

The Palmetto Cruisers Car Club is a not for profit organization located in Florence, SC. We sponsor car shows and classic car events in Florence, Kingstree, Lake City and throughout the surrounding areas. It is our mission to enrich the local community while promoting and nourishing a love for classic automobiles. The events that we organize are meant to show our interest in the classic cars from years past, but more importantly, we try to give back to the surrounding communities. We sponsor events such as cruise-ins to nursing homes and our annual toy drive in order to help others who may not be as fortunate as the rest of us. In addition, at Christmas time, with cash donations, we support local charities and organizations, such as the Florence Area Humane Society, the Florence Rescue Squad, the Salvation Army (Angel Tree) and the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault, Williamsburg Cares, the Sandy Bay Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Lake City Pentecostal Holiness Church and the United States Marine Reserve Toys for Tots Campaign.

If you are interested in joining our club, we meet on the first Monday of every month at SHONEY'S Restaurant at 2101 West Lucas Street in Florence. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m., but feel free to join us at 6:30 p.m. if you would like to eat before the meeting. Our club is open to anyone whether you own a classic car or just love to see them, come and join us. Click HERE to download a copy of our membership application forms (.doc document).

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We will meet for breakfast at Bazen's Restaurant on May 19th at 7a.m. for breakfast before heading out to the car show at the May Fly Air Show.

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SAM WILSON'S 1992 GMC SONOMA

Sam says he didn't buy his 1992 GMC Sonoma pickup new, but he has had it for a long time. He bought it totally stock and plans to keep it that way. It has a 4.3 liter Vortec engine and, except for the new paint, everything on it is original. It's certainly no "trailer queen" as it had 95,000 miles on it when he bought it and now has over 124,000 miles on it. More pictures of Sam's pickup are on the MEMBERS' RIDES page.

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Breaking It In

    Back in high school, mid '60s, I was occasionally allowed to cruise the View in Mom's 1956 Studebaker Champion. It didn't turn heads, but it was a pretty nice looking automobile, two-tone, pale green on top and black on the bottom. I was even allowed to drive it to school sometimes and on one such occasion, Dad had had the engine overhauled just days earlier and had barely begun breaking it in, so I was told to "let the engine warm up for about ten minutes before driving off." I was also told "do not put a strain on it and by all means, do not mash the gas pedal to the floor! Just drive it around town and don't take it out on the highway, because until it is broken in, stop-and-go traffic is good for it, but constant speeds are not."
    That evening, Dad noticed that the left-rear hubcap was missing. I certainly had not driven it hard enough to lose a hubcap. Anyway the next day, Dad picked up another hubcap at a used parts place for a few bucks and things were okay, until the next day when I was called down to the principal's office. He wanted to know if I was driving a black and green 1956 Studebaker to school. I acknowledged that I was and he proceeded to inform me that two guys were caught trying to steal a car out of the school parking lot.
    The two thieves had confessed that they had stolen Dad's car two days earlier, sold the left rear wheel off of the car and mounted the spare in its place. So, the mystery of the missing hubcap was solved, but now we were short a spare tire and the the worst news was yet to come: the thieves had driven the car to a city ten miles away to sell the tire and they swore they got the car up to over one hundred miles an hour on U.S Highway 52. Oh, well, so much for gently breaking in the engine.

Bob Liger

Got an interesting or amusing story about your car(s) you'd like us to publish in CRUISIN' "THE VIEW"? E-mail it to us at cruisersall@palmettocruisers.org. Click HERE to see previous installments of CRUISIN' "THE VIEW."

The U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 452 (S. Res. 452) at the request of the SEMA Action Network (SAN) designating July 13, 2012 as “Collector Car Appreciation Day.” The date marks the third commemoration in what has become an annual event to celebrate and raise awareness of the vital role automotive restoration and collection plays in American society.

Click HERE for a list of gas stations in South Carolina with no ethanol in their gasoline.
Go HERE to add your name to a petition to halt the ethanol mandate.

Click on the ads above to visit the Web sites of this month's featured Friends, 5 STAR TUNING and Radio 102.1 The FOX.
Click on the "CRUISERS' FRIENDS" button at the top of this page to visit the Web sites of the rest of the Palmetto Cruisers' friends. They support us, let's support them, too

Lowcountry Mopars
"...formed by enthusiasts of vehicles of any vintage built by Chrysler Motors Corporation as well as American Motors Corporation."

1963 Chevrolet Corvair Conv. Project Car
$800
Call Gerald Conner at (404) 643-9993.

Davy is taking orders for new shirts. The T-shirts will be in gray or white. We are also ordering some new shirts with the Dri-Mesh technology. The base color for the Dri-Mesh is white with a trim color option. Let Davy know which shirt, the size, and how many you would like.

T-shirts are $9 each for members and will have the normal black and yellow logos with the small logo on the chest and the large logo on the back.

Dri-Mesh T-shirts are $20 for members, Item # k468. Dri-Mesh polo shirts are $29 for members, Item # st656 The Dri-Mesh shirts will have a black logo on the chest only.

The standard Dri-Mesh shirts are white with black trim, but you can choose a different trim color. You can choose another color shirt, too, but remember that the logo is black only, and the gray shirts are a dark charcoal color. Really, the only colors that the logo will show up on well will be the white, red and pink shirts.

If you are ordering shirts that are 2x and up, you will need to add $2 to your cost.

If you would like to see what the Dri-mesh shirts look like, go to www.miragepromotions.com, scroll down to the apparel ad, click on it and in the search box type in the item codes noted above. You may have to right-click on the apparel ad to get it to open. Please, get Davy your order as soon as possible so he can get the order in and have the shirts for our show in Lake City.

PC_News_Letter_Logo Click HERE to download a copy of the MAY, 2012 Palmetto Cruisers News Letter (.pdf document).

How well do you know your cars...

    QUESTION: What was the only new car model introduced from an American automobile manufacturer in 1973?
    No, answer worth a try, we guess, but it was not the '73 Honda Civic. Although it was first introduced in 1973, it was not American. The Plymouth Cricket was an import from England, first introduce into the American marketplace in 1971, so this isn't the model we're looking for. "Town Car," originally, was the name of the interior trim option for the 1969 Lincoln Continental Sedan, but the Lincoln Town Car as a stand-alone model was actually introduced in 1972, not '73. Okay, nobody got this one...
    ANSWER: According to the Auto Editors of "Consumer Guide," the only new car line from a domestic manufacturer in '73 was the Oldsmobile Omega, a variant of Chevrolet's Nova compact car.

NEW QUESTION: What 1953 make and model American automobile did its manufacturer claim you could switch from an eight-passenger car to a cargo carrier in three minutes?

Answers are anonymous, so if you'd like to get credit for your correct answer, add your name to the answer before you submit it.

Click HERE to see Questions&Answers from previous months.

"THE BUG" by Mary-Chapin Carpenter was not available through Playlist, but you can find it HERE on youtube.

"HEY BABY" by The Ronettes was not on Playlist, but you can find it HERE on mp3lemon and push a button to hear it.

We couldn't find a song "I'LL CRY" by Toby Keith, but we suspect it's "CRYIN' FOR ME" you wanted, so we've added that to our Playlist.
Playlist doesn't have Kathy Mattea's "455 ROCKET," but you can find the music video of it HERE on youtube.

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