Antique car, implement show due in Crowley

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With the recent success of the Crowley Antique Car and Implement Show and the past award winning stop of the Great American Race still being discussed around town, the city that is known as the Rice Capital may need to rethink its nickname.
This Saturday, over 100 members of the Evangeline Chapter of the Antique Auto Club of America will be in town to tour some of Crowley’s historic sites. The antique car enthusiasts will probably be paying some extra attention to Crowley City Hall, which was formerly one of the 1,000 car assembly facilities built by Henry Ford. The building that now houses our mayor’s office as well as those of several city employees still has three vehicles — a 1923 Model T sedan, a 1923 Model T Coupe, and a 1928 Model T - on display.
Dale Fontenot, vice president of the Evangeline Chapter, said that the group will be in town from 1 p.m. until approximately 4 p.m.
The city will be blocking off 50 parking places downtown for the group, which mostly consist’s of husbands and wives who travel together.
“We are very much looking forward to coming to Crowley,” said Fontenot. “We’ll be visiting the car museum as well as the Rice Theater and the Art Gallery with Charlotte (Tourism Director Charlotte Jeffers).”
Their are over 400 chapters of the Antique Auto Club of America in the United States. The Evangeline Chapter is one of seven in Louisiana.