DAPHNE, Ala. — The bluegrass festival and Cruisin’ on the Coast on Sunday drew a crowd to Daphne’s Civic Complex Plaza despite the overcast skies.

Robert Schoolcraft’s 1958 Chevy Impala won “Best of Show” from the public as they listened to The Wayfarers, Delta Reign and The Dog River Boys.

John Bidney, of Daphne, entered his 1971 Chevelle in the classic car show.

Bidney bought the car about five years ago. “My son said I had to have a car like that, so we bought it,” he said.

The previous owner fully restored the vehicle shortly before he bought it, according to Bidney.

Another local entry was that of Gary Peterson from Spanish Fort.

Peterson brought his Factory Five Mk3 Roadster, a Cobra replica kit car, to the festival.

“In 1966 I rode in a brand new Shelby Cobra and have wanted one ever since. I figured the only way I would get it, is if I built it myself,” Peterson said.

It took him a year and a half to build the vehicle, which he completed about six months ago.

Peterson used a 1991 Ford Mustang GT as the “donor” car for the suspension and drive train, he said.

“The hardest thing was the wiring because there’s a lot on the harness you don’t use on something like this,” he said of the simple wiring of his car compared to modern-day vehicles.

Steve Foust brought his 1965 Ford Mustang from Pensacola.

It also took Foust a year and a half to restore his Mustang, he said.

“The first car I ever owned was a Mustang,” Foust, a member of the Gulf Coast Regional Mustang Club, said of his choice for a classic car.

Foust said although he had previously restored vehicles, it had been about six years since doing so until he got his Mustang.