Jim Rheel, master of ceremonies and the Banjo Rascals perform toe-tappin’ tunes on Seventh street during the parade It was a grand and glorious Easter Sunday as Mother Nature once again smiled upon the Chamber’s 56th annual Vintage Car Parade and Show. Hundreds of vintage and classic specimens rolled down Franklin Avenue and up Seventh Street in all their spectacular glory! Ackonwledged as “Long Island’s king of car parades,” the event was opening day for car enthusiasts throughout Long Island, the metropolitan area and beyond. Thanks to a legion of Chamber, Adelphi Circle K Club, members, assistance from the Police, Special Police, Public Works and Parks Departments, sunshine and soaring temperatures, the day was labeled one of the best car parades ever! (Chamber photos)

Jim Burdi, Kiwanian guide with Kiwanis Easter Bunnies Joseph Burdi and Tom Schillinger

Volunteers (L-R): Jack Robinson; Michael Ventre, Chamber director with son Matthew Ventre and Roger Eltringham, Chamber president

1911 Antique Fire Engine - always a hit - one from Garden City; one from West Hempstead

Chief Ed Rummel, Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps always present at community parades just in case along with Garden City Police Inspector Kenneth Jackson

Volunteers, Roger Eltringham (left), Chamber president with Kevin Walsh, Chamber director

Volunteers (L-R): Nancy Robinson-Long; Stephanie Cullum, Chamber first present with granddaughter Maeve Cullum (foreground); Joanne Adams, Chamber director; Liz Denby, assistant director; John Appelt, Director; and Althea Robinson, executive director

(L-R): The Chamber’s Althea Robinson, B Barbara Brudie, John Wilton, Chamber director and chair of the Merchant, Professional and Retailers Group with Mayor Donald Brudie

Hagerty/AAA exhibited at the event touting Collector Car Insurance

An old-time specimen rolls down Franklin Avenue

A special interest model: “official race car.”

One of the Greco family’s collector cars

The U.S. Army was represented with this WWII Vintage tank and a brigade of other vintage Army vehicles

The Greco family in front of one of the oldest cars in the parade

Owners all dressed up in vintage attire in one of the oldest cars

Garden City’s finest with detective Rich Pedone (center) who organizes the line-up and keeps order throughout the event

The lead car - one of John Mesloh’s 7 classics carries Chamber president Roger Eltringham and the Kiwanis Club of Garden City Easter Bunnies (Joseph Burdi and Tom Schillinger.)

Bunnies (Joseph Burdi and Tom Schillinger), courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Garden City

Jim Rheel, master of ceremonies and the Banjo Rascals perform at the car show before the parade

The Kiwanis bunnies distribute lollipops and pose for pictures on Seventh Street during hte parade.

A 1904 - always the o lest car in the parade - one of the Greco family’s collector specimens

Here’s a real oldie!

Members of the Adelphi Kiwanis Circle-K Club - faithful volunteers (L-R): Rickie Santer, Lauren Sacks, Kathryn Graves and John Kaplan

There seemed to be no end to the vintage specimens which hailed from all over Long Island and the Metropolitan area