# Florida Car Clubs **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [May 8, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026 "2020-05-08T15:17:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RichPinkall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@RichPinkall](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RichPinkall)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/1 "2020-05-08T15:17:05Z")
Hi Everyone! Does anyone know of a good car club in the central Florida/Tampa area? I have a 1972 Ford Galaxie 500 4 door if that helps. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/2 "2020-05-08T15:33:19Z")
You might start here… > **[Your Classic Car Classifieds and Community](https://www.oldride.com/events/florida.html)** > > Oldride offering classic car classifieds, classic truck classifieds, old car classifieds, classic car part, classic truck part, classic car sales. Attend some shows, meet some folks and see which group most fits your personality. Maybe this group… [https://www.tampaknightscarclub.com/](https://www.tampaknightscarclub.com/) As a Florida resident, I’ve found there are a lot of shows, cruise-in and cars and coffee. They tend to be small core groups that attract non-affiliated folks. From January to April, there are a ton of automotive-type activities. So many, they step on each other. Might stop down to Sarasota to visit the Sarasota Classic Car Museum across from the Ringling Bros Museum. Or the Tampa Bay Automotive Museum. Both are staffed with volunteers. Both may connect you with groups. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/3 "2020-05-08T16:19:57Z")
It seems that a simple Google search for ( Florida Car Clubs ) will pull up several pages of possible clubs . ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/4 "2020-05-08T16:37:47Z")
> [@RichPinkall](#): > > Hi Everyone! Does anyone know of a good car club in the central Florida/Tampa area? I have a 1972 Ford Galaxie 500 4 door if that helps. Thanks in advance! I live just north of Sarasota in Bradenton and agree with @Mustangman about checking out the car museum in Sarasota near the Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport (SRQ). Also, check this out in the Tampa Bay area to my north. > **[Tampa Bay Antique Vehicle Association](https://tampabayantiquevehicleassociation.com/)** > > Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen > 11004 N. Dake Mabry HWY > Tampa, FL. 33624 _ **CSA** _ 🌴 🕶 🌴 ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/5 "2020-05-08T16:44:33Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > It seems that a simple Google search for ( Florida Car Clubs ) will pull up several pages of possible clubs . I think most people know the power of searching online. But, that would put you out of work! What kind of discussion forum would we have without discussions? Are you trying to spoil all the fun? Here’s another problem. I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed, but there’s lots of junk to sift through on the world wide web. Asking folks on this forum and others could help one cut right to the chase. Also, a live person with personal experience of some of the clubs could show up here. _ **CSA** _ 🌴 🕶 🌴 ---
**Author:** ![RichPinkall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@RichPinkall](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RichPinkall)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/6 "2020-05-08T17:04:36Z")
It’s exactly as common\_sense\_answer said, I did indeed do a search first but the results were overwhelming to say the least. I figured I’d ask to see if anyone had personal experience with some good ones! ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/7 "2020-05-08T17:08:51Z")
Over whelming ? There were links to specific cities and one that seemed to have list of many clubs . ---
**Author:** ![RichPinkall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@RichPinkall](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RichPinkall)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/8 "2020-05-08T17:09:11Z")
The antique vehicle association looks really good, thanks for suggesting! ---
**Author:** ![RichPinkall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@RichPinkall](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RichPinkall)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/9 "2020-05-08T17:10:35Z")
Awesome, thanks for the suggestions. I’ll have to swing over to the museums once they reopen! ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/10 "2020-05-08T17:13:52Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > a simple Google search for ( Florida Car Clubs ) will pull up several pages of possible clubs . Of those listed which do you recommend as a “good car club”? Or are they all good? Or just figure it out for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/11 "2020-05-08T17:26:44Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > It seems that a simple Google search for ( Florida Car Clubs ) will pull up several pages of possible clubs . > [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > Over whelming ? There were links to specific cities and one that seemed to have list of many clubs . **I’m pretty sure that everybody gets it, now! Thanks!** You’re free to go if you’d like… …or stick around. We’ll go on with the discussion, now. It’s fun for us. _ **CSA** _ 🌴 🕶 🌴 ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/12 "2020-05-08T17:42:36Z")
@RichPinkall Apparently the 1972 Ford made the trip from Wisconsin to Florida just fine . Did you find a place to install Air Conditioning in the Ford? ---
**Author:** ![RichPinkall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@RichPinkall](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RichPinkall)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/florida-car-clubs/164026/13 "2020-05-08T17:50:20Z")
I actually haven’t brought it down yet with everything going on, but in about 3 weeks I will have it down. I wanted to do a bit of research on car clubs so I could hit the ground running as it were! Needless to say, it needed a few more repairs than I had expected-I guess my grandpa let it sit a bit too long before he passed 😕 Thanks for asking though, I’m getting very antsy to get behind the wheel again!