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Well, I finally made it to one of the Power Tour finales. This one ended at Raceway Park, which is only 20 minutes from where I live. All in all, I'd have to say, it was okay, maybe even nice, plenty of nice cars, Manufacturers Displays, but overall, this is one of those events geared toward the more money than brains crowd, and I'm definitely not in that group. In fact, money aside, I often doubt my brain power these days as well, based on my inability to get anywhere in the automotive hobby industry, despite 31 years experience 
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I'm planning on having my 1989 Cadillac Brougham at the GM show this Saturday, (weather permitting of course!) I've never had a car at that particular show. Andre, are you still planning on having your 1976 Pontiac LeMans there? If so, how will I be able to find you? Are the cars sorted by make, class, year, or just random? I planned on putting my car in the all-original unrestored class.
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 23, 2006 5:26 am) I'll have my '76 LeMans there. They usually sort the cars by class, and sometimes they have to make the classes broader if there are too few cars. For instance, last year I think they had a class for all Pontiac Tempest/LeMans models. There was my '76, a '77 Can Am, a '73 LeMans GT, and one or two '66-67 era Tempest/LeManses. The GTOs are in another class. They also usually put the less popular cars further towards the fringes of the field. IIRC, last year the only classes further out were the full-sized Pontiacs, and then the '80-85 GM X-bodies!  I'm planning on leaving first thing in the morning tomorrow, so I'm guessing I should be up there around 9:30 or so. I guess if you wanted to pick a specific time, we could just meet at my car? Or if you thought you'd get there first, meet at yours? There probably won't be a very big Cadillac crowd, so they might just go ahead and lump all the Caddies together in one group on the field. So it won't be like I'd have to sort through row upon row of Broughams to find you, or for you to have to sift through a sea of LeManses! |
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| ...looks like I'll be able to make the Carlisle Mopar Show for Saturday the 8th. | |
| to anyone that's in the area/in the mood...the Carlisle PA All-Mopar Nationals is this weekend, July 7-9. I'm planning on going up in the morning with my '79 NYer, and staying through Saturday evening. | |
| ...When is the Macungie Show? | |
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the Macungie show is the weekend of August 5. So not this coming Saturday, but the following Saturday is when we were planning on going out. I can't remember though, did we meet at 9:00 or 10:00 last year? Also, I was late and missed the deadline to register for that show, so I won't be putting anything in. That show is popular and fills up early. For 2007 I'd actually have to register before the end of THIS year for a reduced rate, and by July 1 of next year at the latest. It doesn't cost much to register; I think like $10 if you do it early enough and $12 if you don't. I wonder if that gaudy '74 Sedan DeVille will be there for sale again this year? Maybe with an even HIGHER pricetag than before? 
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| That guy probably put a "1" before the number we saw on the windshield last year. That car looks good until you get close to it and see how truly awful the color really is. | |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 26, 2006 6:30 am) |
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I got to go to a small car show, of sorts, without leaving my neighborhood....we have this festival called 'Retro on Roscoe', it's a couple of blocks long and has the usual weird street vendors, icky food and overpriced cheap beer. They do also have a small vintage car show...didn't take any pictures, unfortunately, but they had the following: 73 Porsche 914 2.0, white with black interior, very nice 68 Corvette conv, nice 20-footer, pretty bad Hugger Orange repaint, nothing special (small block automatic, no power stuff, pretty basic) 69 GTO convertible, boring somehow (light blue, blue interior, automatic) 68 Impala SS fastback, VERY nice--in kind of a light gray-green non-metallic with matching, definitely original interior, 396/TH, tilt wood steering wheel, rallys with small centers and fender skirts (this combo=not available from the factory, IIRC), tissue dispenser 66 Impala SS convertible, blue with white interior and top, 396, just didn't excite me much 73 Buick Centurion converible, all black....eh. 70s pukey green with white Mustang convertible, sorta pretty my favorite, natch-66 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, green non-factory color repaint with original white upholstered bench-seat interior...turns out the owner knows my brother, and is very good friends with his girlfriend (?) |
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