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The Pharoahs Car Club is the oldest and largest car club in the world. Established in 1948 by veterans having returned from the war. The name “Pharoahs” was established by those early veterans, and is the original club spelling.
The movie ‘American Graffiti’ spelling of ‘pharaohs’ was specifically
altered so as to not infringe on our copyrights.
The “Faros” was the group of high school students that desired to join the real
Pharoahs back at that time, and were denied, so they formed their
own “faros” club that may or may not still exist today.
Bo Hopkins, the actor portraying the leader of the Pharaohs in the American Graffiti movie, later monopolized on the name and notoriety created by the movie, and has created a club using the movie spelling of the name.
While we cannot confirm the requirements or activities of either the “Faros” or the “Pharaohs”… WE, as PHAROAHS, are the original club based in Modesto California, are overseen by Eastern President Jojo Johnson who purchased all rights and materials of the club for the East Coast operations, and has built it up to what it is today.
JoJo Johnson is the Pharoah President for East Coast USA and may be reached at 251-367-6666.
Many of our members are world famous themselves, such as Gene Winfield, a well known American automotive customizer and fabricator who was also a founding member of the club, and its first Vice President.
Worldwide we currently have approximately 20,000 members.
“Pharoahs-St Johns Chapter”, is located here in North Florida, and was established in 2021.
Dan Barrett is our leader and General of the club. He continues the proud Pharoah tradition to make the chapter more active in our community by continuing to add new qualified members and helping with local charities as well as members attending car shows and quarterly club meetings.
For further details or information regarding our local chapter, you may contact Dan at general@pharoahs-stjohns.com.
