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The Village of Pinecrest hosted its 4th annual car show on March 2 at Evelyn Greer Park.
On a day with great weather for outdoor events, the show ran from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Staff estimated that there were more than 100 cars on display and approximately 1,500 people attending. The annual show is one of Pinecrest’s most popular events, drawing a crowd each year.
Pinecrest residents Sandy and Barbara Levy attended the show, adding to the vehicles on display their own Dark Bowling Green C5 Corvette. Hearing about the show from a friend, Sandy Levy headed there to participate in and enjoy the event.
“As we all know, most of us, as well as the entire country, have been in a bit of a ‘funk’ the last eight or so years,” said Sandy Levy. “Between being quarantined by the pandemic and all of the political unrest it’s been different for everyone. But after getting this car, my eyes have been reopened. I now realize that there is life after Covid. And I realize that while the political situation has been stressful for all, no matter what your political position, life can again be fun. And we can look forward to the future with a new degree of enthusiasm.”
All of this started by purchasing a car on a whim.
“I’ve always loved Corvettes,” said Levy. “Barbara and I went on our honeymoon in my ‘69 Corvette Stingray 45 years ago. We sold it because it was not a great car when you have a child. I got the Corvette ‘bug’ again just a few months ago. After some looking and test driving, we purchased a 2001 Corvette coupe in close to factory-new condition. It brought back happy memories from my youth. Back then several friends and I used to regularly get together on weekends and wash and wax our cars in the shade, while listening to old rock on one of the car radios. Sometimes pizza was involved…and occasionally girls stopped by to help us. Great memories of fun times that were almost forgotten, come back to mind now when cleaning up our ‘new’ Corvette.”
Levy says that getting the car turned out to be far more wonderful than the car alone.
“I recently joined the Sunshine Corvette Club. Getting together with other folks, many in our age group, was wonderful. Even though we all come from different backgrounds, we all share a common interest in Corvettes. It’s really nice.”
He and his wife have shown their car in two different car shows and participated in a “cruise” in cars down to Flamingo in The Everglades. This reinforced the camaraderie all get from a common interest in cars.
The Pinecrest Parks and Recreation Department has many great events throughout the year. The car show next year will be on March 1st from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more about upcoming events here: https://www.pinecrest-fl.gov/Government/Parks-Recreation/Events
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