In addition to our very own annual Classic Car Stampede, we do get our cars out into the great wide open as much as possible. Cruisin here and there. We'll post some pics of some of our other outings here for you to enjoy.

News from Recent Area Events:

The club brought out a few cars to the Bellville 175th Year Anniversary held by the Bellville Historical Society downtown on November 4, 2023

Congratulations to our club members winning awards at the Sealybration Car Show on Sunday, July 8, 2023. Best Paint: Mike Cox, Best Truck: Kurt Dyer, Best in Show: Jackie Hanson and Best Car: Bob Donley.

The Austin County Cruisers would like to thank everyone for showing up to our 19th Ever Classic Car Stampede held on Saturday, March 11, 2023

We had an incredible turnout and hope everyone had a great time.

Congratulations to all of our 2023 Stampede Award Winners:

1969 Ford Shelby Mustang GT 350 (blue) - Zackary Kirkpatrick, Fulshear
1958 Chevy Truck (root beer) - Mike Pagel, Point Blank
1963 Chevy SS 409 (black) - Jay Ellis, Friendswood
1964 Chevy C10 Pickup (red) - Larry Townsend, Hempstead
1946 Ford Convertible (black) - Gary Korpe, Hempstead
1970 Chevy C10 Pickup (orange) - Mike Ziegler, Chappel Hill
1956 Chevy Bel Aire (red) - Ray Whitworth, Spring
1951 Ford Woody Country Squire (green) - David Talley, Hempstead
1940 Ford Coupe (metallic green) - Randy Daigle, Tomball
1947 Ford Deluxe Coupe - convertible (red) - Art Petitt, Houston
1969 Dodge Daytona (red) - Troy Hawkes, Cypress
1968 Chevy Camero SS (black/purple) - Nora Rollins, Columbus
1966 BMW Classic MC/with Sidecar (black) - Kevin Gravlty
1935 Ford F-100 Truck (red) - Cameron Wright, Brenham
1937 Ford Sedan (red) - Randy Jenkins, Hockley
1930 Ford Coupe (black) - Bill Grote, Katy
1968 Chevy Camero (red) - Frank Tarbert, Houston
1969 Chevy Camero Z28 (orange) - Edward , Hempstead
1966 Austin Healy Sprite (primrose) - Albert Amato, Baytown
1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 (dark aqua) - Ronnie Messina, Houston
1967 Chevy Corvette Convertible (silver) - Greg Messina, Cypress
Lucky Dog - 1969 Cougar (burnt orange metallic) - Galen Coupe, Sugar Land
ACC Club Award - 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner (met turquoise) - Bob Donley, Bellville

2023 Classic Car Stampede Show Photos >

Congratulations to our club members Ron winning Best Paint with his Candy Apple Red 56 Chevy, and a trophy as well to Cliff with his Chevy truck at the Main Street Sealy Classic Car Show on Sunday, April 30, 2023. There were some 105 registered cars. Hosted by Saddleback Saloon.

Congratulations to our club members Bob winning 1st Place (left) and Ron winning 2nd Place (right) at the Car Show in the Country in Independence on Saturday, October 1, 2022. Ron's 56 Chevy in the background in photo above, and Bob's 68 Roadrunner below at left with other Austin County Cruiser's cars.

Congratulations to one of our new members Walter & Judy Weaver for winning best interior with their 1960 Chevy Impala at the Muffins and Muffler Car Show in Flatonia on Saturday, May 14, 2022.There were 74 entries in the show.  

Congratulations to Cruiser Jackie Hanson with his '67 Nova SS,
Best Street Rod in the show and Best in 1960-1972 Class
at the Bluebonnet Streetrodders Car Show in Bryan/College Station on Saturday, April 23, 2022.

And to Larry Cates 2nd Place Winner for Cars Pre ’49
with his 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Coupe

Congratulations to Austin County Cruiser members who were winners at the
at the Columbus Magnolia Days Car Show on May 15, 2021.
Attendance was 77 cars & trucks.

Nice job to show promoter Jackie Hanson, an ACC member.

Richard Purcell, winner in "Tri Five" class
Cliff Hein in "Best In Class Trucks"
Cliff Hein "Columbus Fire Dept pick of Best Vehicle in Show

And Bob’s 20-footer got 3rd place in Tri-Five category.

Congratulations to Tori and Roger on winning "1st Place Classic Car"
at the Jarvis Tire Car Show in Brenham on May 15, 2021
The car is a rare original, beautifully preserved COPO.

Cliff Hein won “Peoples Choice” Award at the Sealy Chamber
Springtime in the Country Car Show, chili cook off, and skeet shoot on
Saturday, April 23, 2021. 
Photo from the front page of the Sealy News.
Ask him if this was the heaviest trophy he has ever won.

Congratulations to Austin County Cruisers Wayne Thurman, 1st in class
and Randy Blythe, 2nd in class at the Shiner Car Show in April, 2021.
The show had 126 entrees.

Congrats to Susan for having her pickup chosen to model in an article for the September 2019 issue of Country Living magazine!

Our own Classic Car Stampede

Our annual car show, the Classic Car Stampede, is held the second Saturday of March each year with Designated Parking for 1976 & Older vehicles only.

The Austin County Cruisers would like to take this time to Thank You for coming to our Classic Car Stampede in Bellville. Without you and your "Classic", it would not be a success.

2023 Classic Car Stampede Show Photos >

A few photos of past Classic Car Stampedes:

Austin County Cruiser's July Cruise Event

And a special welcome to our newest members who made the trip with us.

We have club winners at the 2018 Houston Autorama!

Congratulations to Austin County Cruiser member Fireman Jack
for a 1st place win with his Chevrolet truck!

And a 3rd place win with his Nova! Way to go Jackie!

And congratulations to our own Clark McKinley
for winning 2nd Place Foreign Sports car at this year’s Houston Auto Rama!

December 2017

Yes you CAN get into the Holiday spirit with your car.
One of our club members, Larry Foltz and his 57 Chevy were filmed in an episode of “The Christmas Light Fight” television show airing this December on ABC.

Here’s some info in case you’d want to tune in.

The Great Christmas Light Fight has posted their program schedule for Dec. of 2017:

First off if you want to follow up and confirm information you can Google "THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT" episode 5 and you will find the following information:

The entire program & contest consists of 3 (three) separate programs where in they show the top contestants in the country wide contest. I know there contestants in New York and other parts of U.S.

1. The first program will be aired on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 and it will start at 8PM EST, 7pm our time I think on ABC Local channel 13.

2. The second program will be shows on Monday Dec. 10, 2017 again at 7PM our time I think on Channel 13.

3. The final program will be shown on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, again at 7PM our time on channel 13. This will be the program where myself and my car will appear. It will appear near the end of the program and used during the trophy presentation portion of the final episode. I know that during the taping I was involved in, the Master of Ceremony was interviewed about all the contestants and he commented on all the contestants and finally makes his decision as to the winning display. I am not sure where all this will fit into the program but again I think it will appear near the end of the final airing.

Again you can follow up on the web site for confirmation of dates of times and I am sure you could google channel 13 and go to their schedule for December on Monday nights and confirm also.

Larry Foltz

Way back in 2013 (and a few times since)
We were graciously invited to cruise over to Brookshire
to visit John Hovas’ Hemi Hideout, an incredible private collection of Mopars and vintage signs housed in a building you just have to see to believe.

To say that John has a wooden barn with some used cars in it would be the understatement of the century.

This is an incredible collection of some of Mopar’s absolute finest musclecars and intriguing signs and memorabilia from all over the country, that's a must see.

Our club would like to extend a very big “Thank You!” to John for sharing his passion with us, and for himself, artist Bill Seitz, and the rest of his team for making it so enjoyable to look at a bunch of old cars and vintage signs.

We’re always looking forward to our next visit…it’s absolutely impossible to see everything in just one trip.