Moonlight Memories Car Show In Hatboro: What To Know

HATBORO, PA — The borough will be crowded with cars this weekend.

The annual Moonlight Memories Car Show gears up for Saturday with hundreds of people coming from all over the Philadelphia region to see hundreds of classic cars and vehicles on display.

The Hatboro Chamber of Commerce will host the 33rd annual car show, which takes place from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Historically, the borough was once considered one of the most well-known cruising towns east of the Mississippi in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s and it was even highlighted in "Hot Rod" magazine.

Young people from everywhere in the Delaware Valley would routinely drive down York Road at slow speeds, doing their best to show off their cars, meet new friends and perhaps street race when the time was right, the chamber's website states.

The gas crisis of the late 1970s hastened the end of “Cruising the Boro” for most of the young car enthusiasts.

Less than 15 years later, the borough's business leaders revived the concept.

Since that time, the Moonlight Memories Car Show typically attracts 300-400 specialty autos, muscle cars, etc.

This year, there will be live music and Hatboro restaurants and street food eateries will offer a tempting variety of summer refreshments.

Delaware Valley's WRDV public radio station will host a live broadcast of nostalgic tunes from the era.

An awards presentation is scheduled at 9:15 p.m. at the corner of Moreland and York Roads.

The Hatboro Borough Police Department will close York Road — where the car show will take place — from County Line Road to Horsham Road starting at 11:30 a.m.

York Road is expected to reopen at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Please follow Patch for a story later this week about road closures and parking regulations for Moonlight Memories later this week