Atlantas Annual Italian Car Day! (Updated 9/6/13) Saturday, October 12th, 2013, 10 AM to 3 PM Atlantas Italian Car Day celebrates our 17th year of Italian automotive style; exhibiting private collections of the finest exotic Italian cars at Lillian Webb Park, 5 College Street in historic downtown Norcross, GA. The event includes the car show, marque awards, a raffle and silent auction. New dealer cars and merchandise will be on display to add excitement & opportunity for supporting vendors. Saturday, October 12th, 10 AM to 3 PM, (Show cars should arrive before 10 AM) Downtown Historic Norcross, GA at Lillian Webb Park, northeast Atlanta. Show vehicle registration $25 at gate, spectator admission free, lunch on own Post show reception at Landmark Fiat of Atlanta from 3 PM to 5 PM Marque Trophy Awards: Class trophies (1st, 2nd, 3rd): Alfa Romeo / Ferrari / Fiat / Lamborghini / Lancia / Maserati / Pantera (DeTomaso) Open Class (Unlisted marques) Italian Cycle Additional Awards (single trophy): Best Modified Car Id most like to drive home. (Peoples Choice) BEST OF SHOW! Sponsoring vendors name is engraved on each trophy, includes promotion during the day. Owners of registered vehicles receive a voting ballot for each marque. Photography Each car will be photographed upon arrival at gate. Photo CD available. Please enter the park area from the intersection of Buford Highway at Britt Street and come up to the top of the hill toward College Street (in front of church) to get your photo first before parking! Raffle Prize Donations Italian Car Day sells raffle tickets during the event for $1 each. Vendors will display their donation, product or service to all participants and spectators. All donated items should be marked by the donating vendor and displayed on tables near the event tent. Please make donations of at least $30 in value, gift certificates at least $50 in value. Vendor receives public address promotion & recognition immediately before the awards. Silent Auction: Vendor may display an item or certificate for the silent auction, setting a minimum bid price for the item. The minimum bid amount will be returned to the vendor after the show has concluded. Silent auction forms are provided by ICD. For example, a $100 value gift or product may have an opening bid set by the vendor at $75. Amounts bid over the $75 minimum support Italian Car Day, the $75 minimum bid amount is returned to the vendor. Vendors get excellent exposure for their product or service with a guaranteed return of value. All items not making minimum bid will be returned to vendor. Continued Vendor Display Area: Vendors may secure table space to display of their product or service if needed. All donating sponsors may display their literature or catalog on a table dedicated for that purpose. Vendor space will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. All sponsors receive their name, phone number and/or web address on the car registration placards. All sponsors receive public announcement recognition! Special Room Rate at Hilton Atlanta Northeast in Norcross: Coming to Atlanta from out of town? Wish to stay the night before or after the show? We have secured a great price at the prestigious Hilton Hotel Northeast in Norcross for only $79 /night (plus tax) for a single king or 2 double bed. We also have junior suites available in corner of hotel (two window sides) and feature a king bed for $94 /night. All rooms include free Internet and 20% off morning breakfast at the hotel! Stay the night before on Friday night October 11th and/or stay after the show Saturday night October 12th. The hotel is only 1 mile from the show venue! Hilton Atlanta Northeast, 5993 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Norcross, GA 30092 Call 770-447-4747 to reserve a room, mention Italian Car Day. See web link: ITALIAN CAR DAY Please contact John Montgomery for more show info. Thank you for your support! John Montgomery - ICD Coordinator - Phone 770-932-2380 E Mail: [email protected] P.S. Dont forget the Euro Auto Festival at BMW Mfg. in SC the following weekend! Euro Auto Festival Ferrari is the featured marquee this year!
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Now here is an event I'd like to take my kids. If I'm not on vacation count me in. If any of you guys want to hand wash their own cars that morning, I will have my brother open his car wash up for you early that morning. We can use his vacuum and his water/supplies. Or if you feel lazy and just want to lounge out, I can have him send his manger to wash the car.
If anyone wants their cars detailed for this event, let me know. We will most likely be out there in the Carrera GT. As we do not have any Italians at the current moment. lol.
there is a lady at my office that sells a special recipe hot sauce that is really really good. I told her about the car show and she is now a sponsor. her hot sauce stand will be there at the car event. Brian
Hot sauce? That reminds me of the old Alka-Seltzer TV commercial: "Mamma mia, that's a spicy meatball!"
What's the admission for those who don't have an Italian car but want to look at some? EDIT: Ok, just saw "spectator admission free." See you there!
No doubt this will be a record crowd due to the weather. I hope there will be enough parking for all the beautiful cars.
Fantastic turnout today. Great meeting all of you! Some great cars out there today. The Stratos won best in show and crowd favorite, rightfully so!
That Stratos was incredible. I just wish I could have stayed longer to take in its Group 4 Awesomeness.
where did all the panteras go? it was a good show but I have to say I liked the old kurts event better. maybe because you could walk around with a beer. but.... I did buy some pretty good hot sauce!
The owner was kind enough to allow me to have a seat. Epic ride. Thing made my day Nice turnout today Image Unavailable, Please Login
The weather contributed to a large turnout; I saw the entry sheet late in the morning and it indicated 96 registered vehicles, with probably a few later arrivals bringing the total very close to the century mark. We had Lillian Webb Park pretty full and latecomers had to park in the street in front. One trend I noticed for most marques was: fewer older model cars. For instance, usually we get some classic '60s vintage Ferraris, with the wooden Nardi steering wheels and Borrani wire wheels, but this time the oldest Ferraris there were a couple of carbureted 308 GTBs. The only older model Lamborghinis were the familiar indigo-colored Urracco and a red Countach, and the older Fiats were outnumbered by a large number of the current 500s, many from an out-of-state contingent that was heading for the Dragon after leaving Atlanta. As expected, there were few motorcycles (2), as other candidates were probably attending the vintage bike event at Barber. Registration was a bit late getting started; at 9 AM there was a long line of cars heading uphill on Britt Ave, backed up almost to Buford Hwy. Once that was taken care of, parking was generally quick and efficient, and most of the usable space in the park was filled up. At lunchtime, some of us headed up the street into downtown and ate at various places; I had a bountiful plate of baked ziti at Paizano's, enough that I took half of it home! The silent auction, door prize and trophy announcements were made fairly early, since a wedding was scheduled for the park's lower level at 3 and we managed to vacate the premises expeditiously. As pointed out, the blue Lancia Stratos took the Lancia award (by default), the Car I'd Most Like to Drive Home award, the Hottest Car award (voted on by kids only) and the Best of Show award (voted on by everyone else)! Photos coming a little later.
Couldn't resist taking this vid of the Stratos. Win Lancia Stratos with 4v head at Italian car day 2013 Atlanta - YouTube
Here's my first group of photos, presented chronologically. The Stratos was neat, but my favorites were the Ghia 450 SS and the Maserati Indy. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
My wife and I went for a drive this morning and had our own Italian day. So annoyed I had to miss it. She felt bad for making me miss the event yesterday. Image Unavailable, Please Login