MELBOURNE, Fla. – Ever since 1955, the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) has brought together automotive enthusiasts of every kind, all around the United States. They host regularly scheduled yearly events as well as some smaller local events, and provide an active club for those who foster a love for vintage vehicles. Of course you don’t have to own a specific vehicle to participate with the AACA, but they do prefer vehicles with production years predating 1955. The AACA is similar to the Mustang Club of America (MCA) in how they operate, and they also have regional affiliate clubs across the nation. In this week’s Quick Look, we head down to the sunshine state of Florida to check out the annual Celebration of Cars show, hosted by the AACA’s Antique Auto Club of Cape Canaveral at the Muscle Car Museum in Melbourne, Florida.

Events at destinations such as the Muscle Car Museum on Cape Canaveral make for great show locations because they give attendees an opportunity to tour attractions that they may not have previously visited. This show in particular allowed show-goers to set up their vehicles on the show field to check out a variety of classics and hot rods, but also head indoors and witness the Muscle Car Museum and all it has to offer. We’ll put together a Quick Look at what we saw in the museum itself a bit later, but for now we’re offering this photo gallery of some of the 560 vehicles that the AACA reported had registered for the show on an optimal weather day -- with a good number of them proudly displaying the Blue Oval. Our own photojournalist correspondent, SAAC-MCR co-founder and 289 FIA Cobra Replica owner Jeff Burgy was on hand with his camera to capture a few of fine Fords he saw surrounding the museum on a sunny March day.

FORD PERFORMANCE PHOTOS / COURTESY JEFF BURGY