Nuts4Cars to launch nine classic car shows in La Jolla

Girard Avenue will be the venue for not just car show in 2012, but nine.

 These free shows are the efforts of a dedicated group of La Jollans known by the jovial moniker, Nuts4Cars.

 Each venue promises to be a museum-quality exhibition featuring at least a million dollars worth of four-wheeled motoring memorabilia that visitors can view and then speak to the owners.

The brunt of the $35 fee for the car owners to exhibit their machines will go to the San Diego Police Officers Widows and Orphans Fund. All cars will be judged and prizes will be awarded for a variety of categories. First prize for all events will be a framed art print of the winning automobile signed by the photographer.

 The first car show runs 7:30 a.m. to 1:p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12. It will be “Muscle Car Mania.”

 Details on these events, as well as forms to enter a car, are at nuts4cars.org.

• Orphan and Handcrafted Cars: March 11

• British Car Day: May 6

• Volkswagen Meet:  June 24

• Ford Family Day: July 22

• Sports Car Rally: Aug. 26

• GM Car and Truck Meet: Sept. 16

• German Autofest: Oct. 7

• Italian Car Rally: Nov. 4