Photos: New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show
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Advocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars. T.J. LaBorde of New Orleans and his wife Debbie put the final shine on his 2001 yellow C5 shortly after arriving. Corvettes with the Greater New Orleans Corvette Club and the North Shore Corvette Club caravanned in and filled a large area along the main street.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. A long line of corvettes wait to be directed to their large display area along the main street.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. Vehicles arrive and look for a place to park.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas alone with two live music stages. Sunny Hood of Baton Rouge displays his custom woodwork.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas alone with two live music stages.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars. Corvettes with the Greater New Orleans Corvette Club and the North Shore Corvette Club filled a large area along the main street.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. This Ford hot rod is heading to it's allocated spot.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. This is a 1957 Chevrolet Belair.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. This 1957 Chevrolet Belair also had a replica of the car on a rotating stand on top of the air filter.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. This is a 1951 Ford Victoria.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. This 1980 Pontiac Trans Am attracted a lot of attention.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. This 1980 Pontiac Trans Am attracted a lot of attention.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Jim Gomez of St. Gabriel shines up the final areas of his 1965 AC Cobra.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas alone with two live music stages. This lineup of corvettes shows 4 generations. From left, a C6, a C5, a C3 and a C4.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. This is a very unique 1965 Chevrolet C10 that appears to be sitting on the ground.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. This is a very unique 1965 Chevrolet C10. Note the shotgun used as a shifter.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. This is a very unique 1965 Chevrolet C10. A shotgun is used as a shifter and to make it look like the shotgun blast went through the roof, an exit hole has been crafted in the roof.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by KARIN DEVENDORF -- The New Roads Spring Street Festival and Classic Car Show on Saturday March 16, 2013 in downtown New Roads attracted over 260 cars and hundreds of gawkers. Craft and food vendors were set up in various areas along with two live music stages. This 1957 Chevrolet Belair appears to be right the drive-in.
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