Enchanted Dreamz Car Club

Enchanted Dreamz Car Club is notable for being one of the largest and most notable lowrider bicycle clubs in the state of Florida. Enchanted Dreamz is also known as a Lowrider Club and as owners and enthusiasts of custom-built automobiles. The club has won a number of awards through its history and has appeared in several magazines and newspapers.

The club was founded in December 2000 in Miami, Florida by Founder and current CEO, Dimitris Labatos, who at 17 years old, was working at Checkers with two friends, both of whom would later join and help to found the Miami chapter. The car club originally grew slowly and did not expand substantially until 2002 with the recuitment of several members fromG. Holmes Braddock Senior High, later becoming one of the biggest clubs in school history during 2002-2005. Later, in November 2002, Enchanted Dreamz started their first chapter in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

On May 17-18, 2003, Enchanted Dreamz received their first exposure on local television (MUN2- SpeedLogic) and, later on October 5 of 2003, the club hosted their first car show at the Miami Orange Bowl, largely helping to distinguish it as one of the largest car shows hosted by any Miami-based car club in South Florida .

In 2004, the club won the "Best Bike Club" award during the Lowrider Magazine's Florida reviews of Miami and Tampa . They took home the "Best Bike Club" award again in 2005 at the Lowrider Magazine's, Miami show.

In 2005, the Miami chapter encountered internal conflict regarding a new intercity chapter in Sweetwater proposed due to the large number of members from that area. The Founder and CEO, Dimitris, who also at that time served as Miami chapter President, decided that changes were needed in the club organization, and disapproved of the Sweetwater chapter. Members walked off and, in some cases, were forced out. The loss of membership was a substantial factor in the club's absence from the Lowrider Tampa show and possible failure to win the Best Bike Club award, which would have been their fourth straight.

The beginning of 2006 brought changes to the club. On January 7, the 5th year anniversary party of the club "went down", during which the 5 year-Miami chapter President, Dimitris Labatos steped down and named Abdiel Lopez the new President. The Miami chapter had gone from nearly 30 members in 2004 to only 4 members in 2006. But only the year, in 2007, Enchanted Dreamz picked up where they had left off in 2005, before the split, and went to Tampa to take home the 2007 "Best Bike Club" at the Lowrider Magazine show. Video of an Enchanted Dreamz tricycle at a show:

Membership
Requires all potential members to go through a probation period of (3) Three Months and a membership fee of $30 which includes a club shirt & hat.

Chapters
* Miami, Florida (Founding chapter)
* Fort Lauderdale, Florida
* Orlando, Florida
* Bayonet Point, Florida
Former chapters
* Evansville, Indiana
* Hampton, Virginia
* Cape Coral, Florida
* Charlotte County, Florida
* British Columbia., CANANDA
* New Iberia, Louisiana

National Awards
* 2004 Lowrider Magazine, Miami (Best Bike Club)
* 2004 Lowrider Magazine, Tampa (Best Bike Club)
* 2005 Lowrider Magazine, Miami (Best Bike Club)
* 2007 Lowrider Magazine, Tampa (Best Bike Club)

Recognition on Newspapers & Magazines
* MIXER Magazine, December 2002 issue

* Lowrider Magazine, May 2003 issue

* Lowrider Magazine, August 2003 issue

* Lowrider Bicycle Magazine, Summer 2003 issue

* Lowrider Magazine, June 2004 issue

* Lowrider Magazine, August 2004 issue

* Miami New Times, December 16-22, 2004 issue

* Lowrider Magazine, June 2005 issue

* Lowrider Magazine, November 2005 issue

* Viviendo Magazine, Fall 2006 Issue

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu