Lake Mirror Classic, Lakeland, Fla October 2006

The weather was perfect, the setting ideal. The entire downtown was closed off to showcase the more than five hundred cars that participated, while the most exotic were displayed around the beautiful lake. Lakeland is a historic Old Florida town well worth a visit anytime, but especially next October for the next edition of the annual "fall classic."

Edythe and Mal Newbourne's beautiful SL had plenty of admirers..

Carved hood ornament of this unique 1930 Marmon sedan.

A nice 1930 Cord with boat-like deck in the back.

The 1930 Marmon

The S-Class seems to get prettier and prettier as it ages.

Packards were well represented. These were beautiful American cars.

The entire Lakeland downtown was closed to traffic and used as exbibit space. (Some 500 classics were on hand.)

Tom and Terrie Achacoso and best friends in the Mercedes-Benz area. MBUSA is the sponsor of this wonderful car event.

Tünde Robinson, representing South Florida Section. This is our second year here, and we'll be back next year!

Ken and Tünde at the registration table.

Vache Karakachian combined the concours with a trip with Maria and the kids to the area attractions.

Beautifully decorated sculptures of swans are all around town.

Butterflies are everywhere, too. New this year.

A bagpiper led the tuxedo-clad waiters as they brought lunch to the exhibitors.

Do you recognize this art? Hood ornament on a 1954 Pontiac.

David Gray, president of the Central Florida Section. We compared notes on our respective sections.

Tünde with Jorge, Ordi, Edythe and Mal of the Southwest Florida section.

Ford Heacock, prime mover of this event, addressing the gathering at the banquet the evening before the rally.

The rally ended in Lake Wales, where we took a tour of the Bok Sanctuary.

The awards ceremony following the rally. Our friend from Southwest Florida, Jorge, pictured elsewhere on this page, won.