{"id":484380,"date":"2026-10-04T00:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484380\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T00:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:48:12","slug":"cadillac-kings-car-club-gathers-in-long-beach-for-second-annual-kings-on-the-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484380\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac Kings Car Club gathers in Long Beach for second annual Kings on the Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) \u2014 A little rain couldn\u2019t keep the Cadillac Kings Car Club from gathering in Long Beach for the second annual Kings on the Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Club president calls Long Beach a second home<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Southwest Louisiana Chapter President Randy LeJeune has cruised the coast for 18 years and...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7FNR5TFWRVCYRPBGGBBVG2SSIU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Southwest Louisiana Chapter President Randy LeJeune has cruised the coast for 18 years and bought a house in Long Beach.(WLOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Southwest Louisiana Chapter President Randy LeJeune has cruised the coast for 18 years and bought a house in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe just love the Mississippi Gulf Coast. So I contacted some of the guys and said, hey look, let\u2019s meet up. And then one of the guys said, hey, we\u2019ll call it Kings on the Coast. And I\u2019m like, hey, that\u2019s perfect,\u201d LeJeune said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">LeJeune said the club has grown to 72 chapters worldwide, with several in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe get waves. We get honks. I get people stopping me at the red lights, jumping out, wanting to know if they can take a picture. It\u2019s just, it\u2019s great,\u201d LeJeune said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LeJeune said the club has grown to 72 chapters worldwide, with several in Mississippi.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/XTBYSMZ4RFGKTNHHYXURXKHWC4.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>LeJeune said the club has grown to 72 chapters worldwide, with several in Mississippi.(WLOX)Neighbors and out-of-state visitors join in<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Neighbor Jules Gallien does not own a Cadillac, but he walked over for his second year, saying LeJeune\u2019s crew made him feel welcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis has just been, again, a tremendous boost to the community, not only the community, the entire coast at this time for the Cruisin\u2019 the Coast,\u201d Gallien said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Steve Oakins came from Minnesota for his fifth Cruisin' the Coast, showing off his 1967...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2DXP7VKYXBDDPJ6DZYE6FLZ5AY.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Steve Oakins came from Minnesota for his fifth Cruisin&#8217; the Coast, showing off his 1967 Cadillac Coupe de Ville with a sound system that lives up to its name.(WLOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Steve Oakins came from Minnesota for his fifth Cruisin\u2019 the Coast, showing off his 1967 Cadillac Coupe de Ville with a sound system that lives up to its name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s really loud. I went way overboard. The name of the car is Over Budget. The sound system got a little out of hand. I like driving fast and listening to loud music, and it\u2019s both,\u201d Oakins said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Oakins said his car caught the eye of a football coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOne of them was, hey, my man, how much? And I looked at who it was. It\u2019s Coach Deion Sanders. Neon Deion Sanders wants to buy my car. It\u2019s pretty cool,\u201d Oakins said.<\/p>\n<p>Club plans to keep event growing<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LeJeune hopes Kings on the Coast keeps growing for years to come.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/S57NYB6WQJH35E5SMD636KZWFA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>LeJeune hopes Kings on the Coast keeps growing for years to come.(WLOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rain or not, the crowd kept gathering, admiring each other\u2019s rides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t have handpicked a better community to move into than Long Beach. We love it here. We\u2019re probably going to end up retiring here. Thank you, Long Beach. We love y\u2019all,\u201d LeJeune said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">LeJeune hopes Kings on the Coast keeps growing for years to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For more information about the Cadillac Kings, including their chapters and Kings on the Coast events, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cadillackingsworldwide\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cadillackingsworldwide\/\">facebook.com\/cadillackingsworldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">See a spelling or grammar error in this story? Report it to our team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlox.com\/page\/error-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WLOX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Miss. 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