Showcase Your Classic or Antique Car at the 1st Annual Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society’s Classic and Antique Car Show
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(Dallas, TX) Showcase your classic or antique car at the 1st Annual Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society’s (PCHPS) Classic and Antique Car Show on Saturday, April 2 at Burleson Park, located at 3000 University Boulevard. There is hard surface parking for show vehicles. Advance registration is open now for cars and trucks at $25 and motorcycles for $15 at PCHPS.org. Click on the “Classic Car Show” tab. Day-of registration for car owners begins at 8:30 a.m. Fee is $35 at the door.
Chaired by Dan McKeithen, the show is free and open to the public and runs from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. A real treat for the whole family, you’ll see classic and antique cars from across the Park Cities and north Texas. In addition to the individual collectors, PCHPS is honored to spotlight vehicles from the Sam Pack Automotive Museum. From this one-of-a kind collection, there will be a survey of Fords from the earliest models off the assembly line through the war years, into the best of the muscle car years and including current day models. Sam Pack is the CEO and President of the Pack Auto Group, consisting of Five Star Ford in North Richland Hills, Texas, Sam Pack's Five Star Ford of Carrollton, Texas, Five Star Ford of Plano, Texas and Ford Country of Lewisville, Texas. He is also co-owner of another Texas Ford store as well as Lexus, Land Rover, & Cadillac dealerships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Another special highlight are vehicles from the de Boulle Motorsports Collection.
You will have the chance to meet the owners who will share anecdotes and relate their experiences with the vehicles and let others know what makes them worthy of the commitment of both time and garage space. Food and drinks will be available and trophies will be awarded in different categories.
Car show sponsors and supporters include SmartSystems, deBoulle, Benchmark, Davis Hawn, KRLD News Radio 1080; DOBA, Linear Automotive, Vintage Car Wash, Provenance Builders; Hagerty Classic Car Insurance, Interstate Batteries, Hot Rod Happenings and O’Reilly Auto Parts. Sponsorships are available.
This event is part of the overall PCHPS 2016 Historic Home Tour and Distinguished Speaker Luncheon. Presenting sponsor is Allie Beth Allman & Associates. Presenting Media Sponsor is D Home. Community Newspaper Sponsor is Park Cities News/The Waters Family.
Join us at the Historic Home Tour on Saturday, April 9th from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and experience these four fabulous homes: 3432 Bryn Mawr, owned by Patty and Price Pritchett; 4339 Potomac, owned by Cynthia and Brice Beaird; 3640 Maplewood, owned by Margaret and Chris Cowan and 3429 Cornell, owned by Jana and Hadley Paul. Venise Stuart is Home Tour Chair.
Advance tickets for the Historic Home Tour are available at Tom Thumb stores in the Park Cities area or through the PCHPS office (214) 582-0021, the PCHPS website www.pchps.org or checks for the April 9th Historic Home Tour tickets can be mailed to 25 Highland Park Village, Suite 100, Box 286, Dallas, TX 75205-2789.
Always a delightful and informative affair, the Distinguished Speaker Luncheon is presented by Doris Jacobs Real Estate and slated for Thursday, May 19 at the Dallas Country Club. Jan and Fred Hegi are honorary chairs. Doris Jacobs, Kim Calloway, and Teffy Jacobs are luncheon co-chairs. Valet sponsor is Park Place Porsche. The Patron Party is sponsored by de Boulle Diamond and Jewelry. Luncheon tickets begin at $125 each. Sponsorships are available.
Proceeds from the luncheon will fund scholarships at Highland Park High School for graduating seniors who plan to study architecture, history, preservation, or another major related to the preservation of our heritage. The purpose of the scholarships is to promote interest in education in fields of study related to historical preservation of the Park Cities Communities.
These events celebrate historic preservation and are designed to generate awareness of the role history and preservation play in enhancing the quality of life for everyone who lives and works in the Park Cities communities.
Cynthia Beaird is the president of PCHPS, whose mission is to preserve and promote the history, architecture, aesthetics and cultural traditions of the Park Cities. A portion of the proceeds of the 2016 Home Tour will be used to help preserve and maintain the Park Cities House at Dallas Heritage Village, which was the second home built in Highland Park. It also funds the Society’s landmarking ceremonies.
Details on these events, membership in PCHPS and more can be found at the website at PCHPS.org.
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