Gaslight Parade and antique Car Show in Ormond Beach Florida, The Birthplace of Speed

On Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving, Ormond Beach Florida will once again salute the automobile and the city's substantial place in its evolution. At 7 p.m. on Friday, November 25, over 300 cars will leave the Casements on the east side of the Halifax River on Granada Blvd., lined up in chronological order, making the 54th annual Gaslight Parade a true rolling history of the evolution of the automobile. Sponsored and staged by the Volusia Region AACA, it is one of the finest, if not the finest, antique automobile parades in the world.
The 2011 Gaslight Parade and Antique Car show will honor the 1929 Plymouth Roadster automobile. The show and parade feature only 1984 and older original vehicles The Gaslight Paradebegins from the Casements and goes East along Granada Blvd. to A1A then South to Harvard, then right onto Riverside Drive and back to the Casements.  For additional information call 386-676-3216.

On Saturday, the Birthplace of Speed Antique Car show will be from 10 AM to 4 PM. Presented by the Volusia Region AACA, the show will consist of over 100 restored and original antique/classic cars. The Antique Car show will be in the beautiful Fortunato Park, on the Northeast corner of the Granada Bridge in Ormond Beach. Spectators will be admitted free to all events. Visitors will also enjoy musical entertainment, old-fashioned food, and may add a visit to many of Ormond's historical treasures - the Ormond Hotel Cupola, the Historical Trust MacDonald House and the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens.
Come celebrate "The Birthplace of Speed" in Historic Ormond Beach Florida this Thanksgiving weekend! For more information, contact the AACA Volusia Region at 386-566-2537 or visitwww.aaca.org/volusia.

Fortunato Park is at 2 John Anderson Drive in Ormond Beach Florida.

Here is a story written by the owner of one of the vehicles that will be participating in the parade and show:

 1929 Model A Ford Truck. She will be in the Gaslight Parade in Ormond Beach, FL on Friday the 25th of November. We will also have her in the Antique Car Show on Saturday the 26th of November located at the Casements. She will represent TowBoat U.S. Daytona Beach this year and will be driven by Captain Scott Stebleton. She has been in the Stebleton Family for the last 11 years. She has been in several parades over the years, including the 1st Christmas Parade for the Town of Ponce Inlet 2 years ago. She has also represented Universal Pest Control in several of the past Gaslight Parades. Brian and Julie Stebleton purchased the 1929 Model A from a local Antique Car enthusiast, which found her on a farm in up state New York. She had been in a barn for the last 24 years. She has represented the Family very well over the last several years. Everyone loves her when they see her coming. She makes everyone smile. I know one should never discuss a Lady's age but she is 82 and still going strong. Hope to see you at the Parade.