Pensacola Car Show 2018

Club President Jim (and Debbie) Wilson, along with Bruce and Carolyn Skaggs, represented the club at the Panhandle British Car Association’s 26th Annual British Car Show in Pensacola, FL, April 20-21, 2018.

The weekend started off with a spectacular potluck dinner put on by the local club at the Museum of Commerce in downtown Pensacola. The museum is a replica of early Pensacola. Main Street was recreated with period storefronts, and even a streetcar, just as it was in 1888. The host club warmly welcomed the visitors at the dinner and show.

The show itself was in Seville Square, a beautiful oak-shaded park only a block from the Gulf of Mexico. There were 140 cars, including some newer model Jags and MINI’s. There were some very spectacular cars present. For example, when did you last see 12 XKE Jags in one place? Also, 15 MG TDs and several MGA’s. In attendance were 17 members of the Skaggs’ British car club in Louisville, a real rowdy but fun group. Jim reported meeting many wonderful and interesting fellow British Car owners at the event. A wedding was taking at the church across the street from the park and the bride asked to have her picture taken in a very nice TR3. Accordingly, the whole wedding party came over while pictures were being taken.

Jim and Debbie garnered a third place trophy for their 1973 TR6 while Bruce and Carolyn took first in class with their Jaguar XK8. In sum, this was a memorable event, in a beautiful location, with great people and a large car count from all over the southeast. Jim definitely plans to attend next year and hopes more members from the club will join them in the excursion.

Notes for this story were provided by Jim Wilson; photos from Jim and Bruce Skaggs.

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