2025 Florida Concours d’Lemons – Pictures & “Winners”
Some of Florida’s most atrocious hoopties rolled into Main Beach Park in Fernandina Beach, FL on March 7, 2025 for the Concours d’Lemons. Held in conjunction with the Classic Motorsports Magazine Kick-Off Party over 250 cars packed into the beach side park on a sunny Florida afternoon. Jeff Stoyer took home “Worst of Show” honors with what used to be a 1960(ish) VW bus that had been hacked up and put back together as an orange grove tractor with two transmissions, one PTO, no brakes, chains and ratchet straps serving as structural members and bungie cords helping hold one of the transmissions in gear. “It only goes about 13 miles and hour, which is good, because it doesnt have any brakes,” laughed Jeff. “The two transmissions feed into each other through the PTO, so if you get the gears set just right you can have 13 speeds forward, or in reverse,” Jeff continued pointing to the bright orange bugie cord serving as a gear shift lever. There might not be a more “Florida” vehicle in the state and it was a worthy “Worst of Show” recipient.
The 2025 Florida Concours d’Lemons is sponsored by these otherwise respectable companies:
Hagerty
Classic Motorsports Magazine
all photos by – Joshua Sweeney at Shoot for Details
Worst of Show – Jeff Stoyer 1960 VW Orchard tractor
Rust Belt American Junk – Other – Gary Storrs, 1955 Nash Metro
Rust Belt American Junk – GM – Steve Wiggins 1954 Chevy 210
Rust Belt American Junk – Mopar – Debbie Carlile 1992 Dodge Caravan
Rust Belt American Junk – Ford – Zach Knight 1978 Mercury Bobcat Wagon
Swedish Meatballs – Logan Wise 1992 Volvo 240
Soul Sucking Japanese Appliance – Shawn Taylor 1996 Toyota Corolla
Royal Order of MOT Failure– William Kenedy 1991 Reliant Robin
Wonders of the Korean Peninsula – Shilo Shive 2018 Genesis G80 Sport
DerSelfSatisfiedKrautenWagen – Pete Haney 1965 VW Bus
Driving on a Prayer – Tony Hair 1990 Mazda Miata twin engine
Participation Award – Tom Dittus 1979 Ford Family Truckster
Slightly better than a Go Kart – 1963 VW Bug Mid Engine 914 motor – Havana, FL
