Families tooled around Downtown Aubrey on Saturday, taking in the rows of classic automobiles, muscle cars and unusual vehicles lining Main Street and beyond.
The point of the second annual Main Street Motor Fest, Aubrey Senior Events Coordinator Rodney Cagle said, is to bring people together and even to help inspire a love of those vehicles in the next generation.
'That has been a very cool part—the amount of full families that are here,' he said.
He again credited his 'trusty volunteers,' Viki Dunn and Izzy Dunn, with a lot of the success of the event.
'Without them, this wouldn't happen,' Cagle said.
Izzy, who owns Automotive ER Frisco and who is an avid car show enthusiast, enjoyed the cars that entered, saying he even saw some that he hadn't before.
Phil Sprout from Pilot Point came out, saying he was 'just looking; drooling.'
For Dillon Nogy, the car show was a chance to bond with his sons, Franklin Nogy and Griffin Nogy.
'It's been a blast,' Dillon said. 'It's just something to do. They love looking at the old cars.'
Franklin was decked out in a 'We buy junk cars' shirt, while Griffin was sporting Hot Wheels.
Franklin took the time to fill out his own judging ballot.
Deidre and Jay Tjernlund brought their son, Asher, to check out the cars.
'We love Old Town Aubrey, too, so anytime there's something going on, we go to all the little shops here,' Jay said. '... The Upper Park Cafe is also a little staple as well.'
One of the participants, Max McGlothin, brought out his racecar along with his dad, Joe McGlothin.
'It seems like a really good crowd,' Max said. 'It's not my normal scene. Usually my dad's the one that does all the car shows.'
Cameron Sanders was parked in front of his 1985 Chevy, a truck he restored with his dad, Lance Sanders.
'We bought the truck for basically nothing and just built it up,' he said.
The process took around two years, starting when Cameron was 14.
'It was ready for my 16th birthday,' he said. '... It's my first truck.'
His favorite part of the process was the quality time with his dad.
'We probably had a lot of arguments about it, but it was fun,' Cameron said. 'I loved it. Hopefully we're about to start on another one, because he bought another truck, a dually this time, so hopefully, we'll get to do that one, too.'
Music from Limestone playing on stage in Veterans Memorial Park floated throughout the car show, and several vendors lined the park.
Adam Bellar of Adam Bellar Custom Knives said he enjoyed being on the edge closest to the stage, getting to listen to Jon Del Bosque and Eric Garza, Aubrey alumni, play.
'I grew up here in Aubrey,' he said. 'I see lots of my friends with their businesses, lots of my buddies that I grew up with with their hot rods. It's cool just to be back in the community, hanging out, with a handmade product. It's nice to be here with my roots and with everybody I know, and a buddy on the stage with his band.'
Grace Point Nazarene Church Pastor Dwayne Edwards, who runs ChromeFest every year in Pilot Point on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, loves the feeling of a car show.
'Meet lots of good people and always meet new people,' Edwards said. 'You have a car, you have a conversation.'
