Carlisle, GM Nationals, Photo Dump

[ck80]

Always glad to share. Friday was a mixed day. Decent number of cars, maybe 40% of Saturdays turnout, but, I was busy dropping stuff onto tables for the MAFOA (a fiero group) raffle/auction, did some walking around, and, it was a travel day with us arriving around 930am. Chemo super major kicked my butt and I was barely mobile by 4pm, missed out pizza party and a grinder amd swap party. Oh well.

Sat had LOTS of showfield cars till maybe 2ish? Then we had one 5 minute downpour. Otherwise is was sunny, sometimes partly cloudy, great show weather. I focused on buying, which, will go is a different thread.

Very few guys stuck on high prices, reasonable deals were there to be had and made. But, while I did that about 1/3 of the showfield took off

 

[Undercover87T]

I was there Saturday with the MAGNA Buick group. Sad seeing the show field even more empty than normal given the weather. That storm at 2p was a nasty "shower" lol. Group actually made me put my car under our tent cause they said hail was coming.

 

[Wraith]

Moar:





This one is an odd-ball. It's a Spirit of America pkg gm put out, that also has a sleeper tent on the back:
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I can say I have owned two of these Spirit of America Nova’s. My dad had one that he daily drove that I bought off him and then I bought another that had no title but was a clean car with a great factory interior that supplemented mu more worn out interior. Biggest thing was the one piece molded white vinyl door panels. Miss that car except for the ability to put a decent sized tire on the rear. I have a story about 245/60/15’s and a newly installed B&M shift kit coupled with rain…..

 

[ck80]

I was there Saturday with the MAGNA Buick group. Sad seeing the show field even more empty than normal given the weather. That storm at 2p was a nasty "shower" lol. Group actually made me put my car under our tent cause they said hail was coming.

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I got the full shower experience. Was walking from the back corner near the nova pavillion back to the opposite corner by 2 story office and near the maintenance sheds where we parked on the grounds. People got spooked a bit, some of the vendors thought a second front was going to hit an hour later but it was nice the rest of the afternoon all through the hour or two the MAFOA auction and tail end meeting went on.

I did get a pretty good soaking over the course of 2 minutes getting the last distance to the car. Used the showers to change into dry clothes after

 

[Ugly1]

So, this will have to happen in a couple pieces because some pics I took on my phone, which, had a low battery and died.

Later I remembered the other half's phone was in the glove box, so, I went and got it. Unfortunately today there was one and only one 5 minute downpour, the rest of the day was sunny and nice either side of it. But, the rain gave a bunch of folks an excuse to leave. So, there's that. Anyways, some of these were from a distance but a pretty good resolution so if you open them bigger, should be able to zoom jn. Or, maybe I can repost later after edits at home. Getting the ones out of her phone, whole different story.

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Lots of black cars. Problem is, seen one of these, seen them all. So, meh. Still snapped a couple pics of them anyways. T-types are where's its at though, the cookie cutter all-the-same gns get boring.

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Probably my favorite of the 442s... blue, 87, moonroof, checks all the right boxes. Not the biggest fan of it getting the H/O hood and trunk treatment, but, beggers can't be choosers.

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Any Notchback 442’s?

 

[Ugly1]

I got the full shower experience. Was walking from the back corner near the nova pavillion back to the opposite corner by 2 story office and near the maintenance sheds where we parked on the grounds. People got spooked a bit, some of the vendors thought a second front was going to hit an hour later but it was nice the rest of the afternoon all through the hour or two the MAFOA auction and tail end meeting went on.

I did get a pretty good soaking over the course of 2 minutes getting the last distance to the car. Used the showers to change into dry clothes after

Think I’m going to give it a shot next year to go! Thanks for sharing what I missed.

 

[mclellan83]

So, this will have to happen in a couple pieces because some pics I took on my phone, which, had a low battery and died.

Later I remembered the other half's phone was in the glove box, so, I went and got it. Unfortunately today there was one and only one 5 minute downpour, the rest of the day was sunny and nice either side of it. But, the rain gave a bunch of folks an excuse to leave. So, there's that. Anyways, some of these were from a distance but a pretty good resolution so if you open them bigger, should be able to zoom jn. Or, maybe I can repost later after edits at home. Getting the ones out of her phone, whole different story.

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Lots of black cars. Problem is, seen one of these, seen them all. So, meh. Still snapped a couple pics of them anyways. T-types are where's its at though, the cookie cutter all-the-same gns get boring.

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Probably my favorite of the 442s... blue, 87, moonroof, checks all the right boxes. Not the biggest fan of it getting the H/O hood and trunk treatment, but, beggers can't be choosers.

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You found a bunch of really nice blue cars for me, I appreciate it. Usually the Fiero's, GTO's, and Impala SS's are very well represented there

 

[ck80]

You found a bunch of really nice blue cars for me, I appreciate it. Usually the Fiero's, GTO's, and Impala SS's are very well represented there

There were a bunch of GTOs there, but, they lacked staying power.

I only remember seeing one or two of the impala ss crowd as well.

One thing I didn't get pictures of as the wife reclaimed her phone by that point was a small display of maybe a dozen or so cars, 4 or 5 under tent, of the worst of the early FWDs, had malaise era banners and everything. Citations, fwd cutlass, etc

 

[69hurstolds]

I was there Saturday with the MAGNA Buick group. Sad seeing the show field even more empty than normal given the weather. That storm at 2p was a nasty "shower" lol. Group actually made me put my car under our tent cause they said hail was coming.

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Plate says "Tinket Wiki"??? Hmmm. I'll have to think twice about that one... 🙂

Sharp!

 

[mclellan83]

There were a bunch of GTOs there, but, they lacked staying power.

I only remember seeing one or two of the impala ss crowd as well.

One thing I didn't get pictures of as the wife reclaimed her phone by that point was a small display of maybe a dozen or so cars, 4 or 5 under tent, of the worst of the early FWDs, had malaise era banners and everything. Citations, fwd cutlass, etc

When I used to go it was always a battle between the GTO's and the Impala SS group for the group participation trophy