Car Shows – The Best of the Best

Ludwig’s Corner Car Show, Ludwig’s Corner, PA – 9/6/2010

The car show was held on the last day of the Ludwig’s Corner Horse Show and Country Fair. The show had an interesting juxtaposition with horses and dogs on one side of the road and classic cars on the other side. On this hot and sunny day, I estimated about 300 to 400 cars were in attendance. I saw that one of the members of the Early Valiant and Barracuda Club had his 1965 Barracuda on the show field but I never ran in to him. His car looked great.



 Hagley Car Show, Wilmington, DE – 9/19/2010

The Hagley Car Show in its 14th year did not disappoint. The show field had over 550 cars. The weather was great! The special feature this year was compact cars. The compact car area included about 25 Corvairs from a local Corvair Club, an AMC Pacer and a couple of AMC Gremlins. Also a friend of a friend of mine had a very nice 1961 Metro in the feature. Another nice touch at the show is the parades. Twice during the show about 20 cars parade around the museum property while an announcer tells the audience about each car.


Antique Automobile Club of America Fall Meet, Hershey, PA – 10/9/2010


Wow, what a show! This 4-day meet culminated with the Saturday show. The show field had over 1200 cars! Besides the cars in the show, the car corral (cars for sale) held several hundred very nice and expensive cars. A huge flea market took up as much space as the show car field. It is impossible to see everything at this show in one day so I had to skip the flea market. The AACA is all about original cars and all the cars in the show field are judged as to originality. This is not exactly my thing. I am all for upgrades and performance enhancements. Still the show had tons of beautiful cars.


One car that stood out for me was a 1967 Dodge Coronet R/T. It was immaculate. The blue paint job was perfect. You could have eaten off the engine. I went back and looked at this car several times it was so impressive.


 
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Historic Car Club of Pennsylvania, Media, PA – 10/17/2010

This was my last car show of the season and it was a good one. The show was held at the Delaware County Community College in Media, PA. In addition to the car show, a flea market was included. The flea market included everything from car parts to glassware. It was really just one big garage sale. I spend about half an hour looking at all the treasures.

 
The parking lot of the college was constructed in levels up the side of a hillside. I started at the bottom level, walked to the top and then walked from the top to the bottom giving all the cars a second look. What I like about the HCCP is that they accept just about any car into their club. The car does not have to be original. It is hard to pick a favorite but the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang replica was cool.