Hey, isn't that a Studebaker? Well, then it must be Wheels Fest Friday
White wall tires as wide as a man's tie...8-V engines...art deco hood ornaments. Oh, and names that no longer are in the contemporary vehicle vernacular. Names like Plymouth, Edsel, Model T, Kaiser, Hudson, Studenbaker.
All this comes to Main Street Bluffton on Friday. It's the Bluffton Lions present the 45th Bluffton Festival of Wheels Cruise-In..
The event takes place in downtown Bluffton from 2 to 8 p.m. Jeff Houston, 1950s DJ will play music from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.
The Flag City Cloggers will perform from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and the Night Jazz Swing Band will perform on the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn from 6 to 8 p.m.
Registration runs from 2 to 5 p.m.
Car judging starts at 5 p.m.
Trophies awarded at 7:30 p.m.
Cruise begins at 8 p.m.
Registration of vehicles on Friday is $5.
Click here for photos of last year's event.
Click here for Lions Foundation website listing c all other information.
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