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Car Shows, Daytona Turkey Run

Daytona Turkey Run Car Show

1940 Ford Custom

Daytona Turkey Run car show

The Daytona Turkey Run Car Show started in 1974 when one of the founders decided there had to be a place for custom cars to be shown. After he was denied entry in a parade in Ormond Beach, he started the Thanksgiving Day event with just 45 show cars that year. The show has grown to become the largest car show and swap meet in the Southeastern United States. You don’t know how big this show is until you try to walk around it. It completely covers the infield of the 2-and-a-half mile Daytona International Speedway.

Here some of the show cars we saw this weekend:

1941 Willys Pro Street
A Gonzo Blown 1941 Willys Pro Street has a presence that explains itself. Grab your earplugs when this one starts up.
1935 Cadillac Town Sedan
That is a beautiful Tucson Bronze & Berry Pearl metallic 1935 Cadillac Town Sedan. It’s the kind of car that people just stand around and smile at. Time stands still. It has a 1969 Cadillac 472 ci big block engine with a Cadillac Turbo 400 transmission. The subframe is from a ’78 Camaro. It as air bag suspension.
Foryota, a '23 Ford T Cab
You gotta have some fun! Victor and Victoria D’Agostino of Hastings, FL brought their “Foryota” to the Car Show. It is a combnation of a 1923 Ford Model T and a Toyota truck, chassis, driveline and All-Wheel-Drive.
1983 Chevy El Camino Extreme Custom
So unique that we had to show it to you here. This is a 1983 Chevy El Camino with unique blower positioning and retracting lift off hood. The over-the-top spoiler is mind blowing.
1940 Ford Custom
Never saw a 1940 Ford Coupe done up like this one. So many body mods. But the pearlescent yellow paint really makes it pop in the sunlight.
backdraft cobras at the Daytona Turkey Run
A lineup of Backdraft Cobras were in the Blue Garage area, where on NASCAR weekends racing teams usually set up shop.
1932 Packard 900 Light 8 Sedan in the show area of the Daytona Turkey Run
An elegant 1932 Packard 900 Light 8 Sedan in the show car area at the Daytona Turkey Run. Under the hood is a Chevy 454 mated to a TH400 automatic transmission.
Row of classic microcars at the Daytona Turkey Run
Classic Microcars in a row at the Old Field at the Daytona International Speedway.
Smokie Yunick 1966 Chevelle tribute
In the Yellow Garage area there are a whole bunch of cars that were built by NASCAR fans to pay tribute to great race cars back in the day. This one is a 1966 Chevelle 427, a replica of the one Smokie Yunick built to capture the pole position at the 1967 Daytona 500. The owner says this car is fast. It is signed by Smokie Yunick.
1939 Ford actually driven by Cotton Owens in his last NASCAR race.
On display at the Yellow Garage is an NVRA Limited Sportsman race car, a 1937 Ford Slantback Sedan, which they say was actually driven by Cotton Owens. They say it was the last time that the legendary NASCAR driver raced. It was raced in Georgia and South Carolina in the late 1990’s.

 

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