I attended the Ideal Classic Cars & Coffee Saturday Morning. It was a beautiful morning but a chill was in the air evidenced by the slow trickle-in of the cars. But they did come and by 9am there was plenty of gorgeous metal in the parking lot next to the awesome museum. What a great morning, with great cars!

The show was sponsored by AACA of Venice: 

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“The Shine of Show” 

1968 Ford F100 ~ Way to Go Harry Kimmel!

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The day had a theme “Mellow Yellow”

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An item of interest: 

      Harry Mintz putting the last minute touch to his 1955 Nash Statesman, a Swamp Cooler. 

I never heard of these devices before and found it very interesting. They were an add-on accessory that used water- evaporation from a wet cloth, directing the cooler air into the car interior to provide a basic form of air conditioning. 

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Go to page: Ideal Classic Cars & Coffee for photos 

 * Shine of the Show is judge on two factors:

* How well the car is detailed

• * How photogenic the car or truck is

Car Show Detail Update 3/20/25

Coming up this weekend is Ideal Classic Car’s & Coffee event. 

Ideal Classic Cars is not only a classic car dealership, its a Classic Car Museum. They open their doors to the public so we can appreciate their collection of fine automobiles. 

So while you are there take a walk and browse. Who knows, you may find your next show car.  

I will be looking for the “Shine of the Show” 

The show and coffee start at 7:30am. See you there!

Cars & Coffee Venice at Ideal Classic Cars    

Saturday, March 22, 202 7:30 AM  10:00 AM

11th Annual Naples Motorfest ~Cars in Paradise 

Saturday, March 22nd 10-3pm

35th Annual Venice AACA Classic Car Show 

Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 at 08:00 am (EDT

Kimal Lumber’s 21st Annual Classic Car Show 

Sun, 06 Apr, 2025 at 09:00 am to 01:00

River Car Show

Saturday, April 26th 2:45 - 530 pm 

Weekly/ Monthly:

Ideal Classic Cars 2224 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice, 

Every 2nd Saturday of the Month, 9am -1 PM

Classic Car Museum. 5500 Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, 

Every 3rd Saturday of the Month, 9-1 PM

Cars and Caffiene Wellen Park 19745 Wellen Park Blvd., Venice Fl

First Saturday of the month  730am - 1030 am

Sarasota Cars and Coffee  295 N. Cattleman Road, Sarasota Fl

Every 2nd Saturday of the month  8am- 10am 

Cruzin on Dearborn ~ Englewood Car Show 

The first Saturday of every month, 2pm -8pm Dearborn St, Englewood, FL 34223