The 5th annual show saw 560 cars and trucks enter the park for a sunny Saturday with temps in the mid 80s. 42 cars joined us for the 3rd time on the Friday morning cruise from Ocala to Cedar Key.

Just for some background, NPD has also held a Mustang and Fords show in January at Silver Springs, a nature theme park in Ocala, Florida, for the past 17 years. We've always experienced great turnouts on both shows (close to 1,000 cars and trucks usually attend the Ford show each year, which is held over a full weekend), and besides all the rides to check out there is the attraction of having other things to do besides check out the cars, such as glass-bottom boats to check out the natural springs, the Lost River Voyage, Endangered Species Carousel, Lighthouse ride, World of Bears, a kids Kritter Korral petting zoo, and more. Check out www.silversprings.com for more on the park and all its attractions. We will also have a few select manufacturers in attendance to display their latest products and answer questions.

The first 500 vehicles to pre-register by September 26 will receive free entry into the park for car, driver and one passenger on Saturday. Any entry registering after that date, the day of show or beyond the free-car threshold may purchase the show package for their GM car or truck for $21.00, and that still includes passes into the park for car/truck, driver and one passenger on Saturday October 1st. PLEASE NOTE: If you are planning to attend but not show a car, you'll be subject to the standard park entrance fees ($29.99/general, $24.99 for children ages 3-10 as of January 1st 2011).

Registration is available for all GM models early or late, as well as all GM-powered street rods and exotics. Everything from bone stock to highly modified is welcome!

High Performance Pontiac, Super Chevy, Chevy High Performance, Camaro Performers and Muscle Car Review magazines plan to be in attendance as well (feature cars have been "discovered" from this show and our Ford & Mustang show in the past).

We will host a cruise from the NPD headquarters in Ocala, Florida to Cedar Key Friday morning. The cruise will leave NPD between 9:30-9:45 AM. Cars begin assembling at 8 AM. Please arrive at NPD’s parking-lot fueled-up, and ready to go. Upon our return to NPD from Cedar Key (we typically have lunch on the water at Cedar Key), the opportunity to tour/browse NPD’s extensive private car and truck collection will be available (180 cars and trucks).

The registration form is on our website www.npdlink.com. Go to http://shop.autocraftinvestments.com/index.php?p=page&page_id=ss_gm and click the "registration form" button for a pdf version of the registration form. Print out a copy, fill in your information and mail it in!

Shoot me an e-mail at dputnam@npdlink.com if you have any questions.