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Ron and Wanda Haldorson entered their 1949 Buick Woody Estate Wagon in the Sun’s Mid-Winter Open House & Collector Car Show, held Saturday at the Charlotte Harbor office. In addition to enjoying the fabulous autos, food and entertainment, about 350 people took the opportunity to tour the Sun’s offices and printing operation.

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Cathy and Paul Gibbs stops to read the story of Old Betsy, a 1952 Oldsmobile.

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Martin Pitts tries to fit his long legs into the compact area of John Murphy’s 1966 Austin-Healey.

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Pat Campagne, Paul Magrath, his wife Carol, and Carol Benson take advantage of the open area in front of their cars in the parking lot to soak up some sun and keep warm in the early morning low temperatures Saturday.

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Both named John Damon (no Junior), this son-and-father team have a common interest in antique cars, a 1967 Chevy C10 pickup and a 1942 Ford Super Deluxe.

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Dan Sullivan of Port Charlotte opens the hood of his 1940 Ford for a car show enthusiast to view.

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Taking care in parking his 1989 328 GTS Ferrari, Dave Rice found a place in front of the Sun building.

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The old cars at the show triggered many old memories Saturday.

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Nick Arena and Nita Goodwin of Port Charlotte with their powder blue 1966 Thunderbird.

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Power Outage … Continues provided early entertainment for the daylong car show in front of the Charlotte Sun office Saturday.

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Lou Culman, Donna McLean, Larry Sexton, Bill Jones and Carol Sweet pose for photos in front of the Royal Order of Ponce de Leon Conquistadores’ Pequena Palencia — loosely translated as “small ship.”