Heavy chrome, gas guzzlers, and cars your parents and grandparents drove
After a one-year cancellation, Bluffton Festival of Wheels returns to Main Street on Friday.
Vehicle registration for the 53rd annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels is underway according to Dan Diller, festival director. The show is sponsored by the Bluffton Lions Club.
This year’s festival is Friday, June 18, in downtown Bluffton. Registration is from 2 to 5 p.m. rain or shine. Vehicle judging is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Trophies will be awarded at 7:30 p.m.
The traditional cruise along Main Street starts at 8 p.m.
The show is open to antique cars, classic cars, trucks, tractors, golf carts, fire engines, motorcycles and Cushmans.
Registration fee is $12.
For more information, call 419-234-7754. A printer-friendly registration form is attached at the bottom of this story.
Proceeds from the festival support several Lions projects, including scholarship from graduating seniors from Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa and Cory-Rawson and Sure-Sight eye screening for area pre-school and Kindergarten students.
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