Vintage Cars and More at the Zephyrhills HISTORY IN MOTION Car Show

Hi everybody, welcome back to Zephyr Travels and guess where we're at? We're in Zephyr Hills, Florida at the Depot Park and Train Museum. Yeah, and they've got a special event this weekend. We're gonna wander around and what is it? It's an antique car show where all the cars are supposed to be older than the 1940s. Yeah, that sounds kind of neat, but we're gonna go check that out and take you guys along with us, so let's go. Looks like the antique car show starts out with a little bit of a crash show, which is something Diane always enjoys. I don't know if she'll see anything here we like or not, but you never know. I suppose if you had an Airstream, you definitely would need this jacket. Oh, how cute. This is for the Airstream owner. Yeah, look at the pictures. In the car back then, you had to carry all the tools. Yeah, because you had to fix it yourself on the side of the road. What is this? I don't know. No. Is it a Stanley? No, it's right there. Oh, Maxwell. Very nice. Yeah. Did you do all the restoration yourself? Yep. Wow. One and two-cylinder cars all my life, and I was on a one and two-cylinder car tour in Maine, and the guy who owned this car, he was there on the tour. Now, at the time, I was driving a 1909 Stanley, which will go pretty good, and every time I looked in the mirror, I was thinking, how can he possibly keep up with me in that car? I thought, Maxwell's a Maxwell's, and they're not a very fast car. So, at the end of the tour, I got to know him, or at the end of the day, I got to sit down with him and chat with him, and I said, how come that thing goes like that? He said, well, that's a Model H. I said, what's that mean? It means me. Well, Maxwell made very, very few of these, and this is a huge engine, and it has a three-speed transmission, where all other Maxwell's are two-speed, and this thing will fly down the road at 38 to 40 miles an hour, which a regular Maxwell would do, and I said, I love that car. I got to have that car. Whenever you're ready to sell it, call me. He says, it's not going to happen. He says, when I die, I'm willing it to my son, and I knew his son, and the fellow who owned the car died, and the son got the car, and I started a campaign of calling him once a month and say, hey, are you ready to sell the car? He said, yeah, I'm ready to sell after about two years, and I bought the car from him. Now, all of us, all these people know each other. We all know each other, and I bought the car from him. It had some problems. It had been restored, but it had been run for decades, and I took it for one ride, and I said, nope, I got to completely restore the car, so I went through it all over again. This car behind me was brought to you here by Big Daddy Don Garless, who is a very famous drag racer. This is one of his first cars, and he's restored it and kept it for all these years, and he's supposed to be here somewhere, too, so maybe we'll run into him. This is a Franklin 10B sedan that was built in Syracuse, New York. Look, suicide doors. Bonnie and Clyde. Yeah, this is one of the vendor's vehicles, but look at it. It's a beautiful Model T truck. One of the things that you don't realize is Model Ts didn't always come as trucks, but a lot of times they were used as a sedan and then resold and converted into trucks like this because the truck was much more useful for people. It's a Saxton. Never heard of a Saxton. But back before World War II, there were hundreds of automotive manufacturers trying to carve out a piece of the new automotive business. Another Ford Model T truck. Nice Chevrolet. What's this truck? Oh, it's a Ford. Just had a different radiator cap on it. Number of Model Ts. It's like a little racer. Oh, this one participated in the great race. We're in a still on the back of this one. Coca-Cola truck. Five cents, which was five cents today. Remember these coolers? Yep. Everybody had one of them, and they rusted away. 1929 Model A. Moved up to the Model As. That one's pretty. Dark maroon. 29 Model A. Model A truck. Michelin Man. These are a little bit more hot rods. There's your Fat Fender truck. Yeah. You always like those. This one's been to the Syracuse Nationals, 2018. This one's got a Cummings diesel in it. Oh, Studebaker. What is it? It's a Studebaker. Says Zephyr Hills Railroad Depot. The Atlantic Coastline Railroad, abbreviated ACLR Depot, was built in 1927 and was used as a station depot for passenger service and for shipping citrus, produce, and other goods, thereby stimulating economic development and residential settlement. Railroad Station served as a major community, commercial, and social center, linking each of the small towns with the rest of the world. With its wide overhangs and high ceilings, the depot represents the southern architectural style of the first quarter of the 20th century. Built at a cost of $13,207.21, the building was constructed of red brick and hard pine. It features segregated waiting rooms, an office, a ware freight room, a raised outside platform, and concrete concourses. ACLR trains traversed through Florida serving Zephyr Hills from Jacksonville and Ocala to southern cities including Tampa, Bradenton, and Miami. Famous trains such as the Orange Blossom Special and Gulf Coast Limited were among those stopping at the Zephyr Hills Station. With assistance from state and federal grants, the city of Zephyr Hills acquired the depot in 1988 and restored it to its original appearance. In October 1998, it opened to the public as a local railroad and historical museum. We're now heading into the depot which is the museum. This is from Zephyr Hills Museum of Military History. It's just what you need to get through traffic in Tampa. I mean this will definitely get you down the I-75 without an issue. What would you think of the car show? I thought it was pretty neat. What, maybe 20 cars, maybe 25 cars. Yeah, a little more than that I think. But yeah, not a lot of cars. No, and you know some crafts which you know I always like to look at. Yeah, you found some things. Yeah, found a couple neat things, antique car related. And yeah, it was a very nice event. Yeah, so hopefully you enjoyed this video. If you did, please subscribe and hit that bell for notifications. And if you like the video, please give it a thumbs up and hit that hype button. It really helps us a lot. Yeah, and so until the next time, we will see you down the road. Take care. Bye everybody. Bye.