Stars of the Show
DECEMBER 2011 MSCC STARS OF THE SHOW-A TRIP TO RENO IN AUGUST
DECEMBER 2011 MSCC STARS OF THE SHOW-A TRIP TO RENO IN AUGUST
Hot August Nights in Reno Nevada is a huge show by any standards and this is a look at a few examples of entries from a few years ago
The Reno show is a good example of how car shows can offer a huge cross section of vehicles-this is but a small sample from a few years ago at Hot August Nights...
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NOVEMBER 2011 STARS OF THE SHOW-POST CAR SHOW SEASON REFLECTIONS
Linus gets stiffed yet again by The Great Pumpkin at Halloween and car season officially ends in climates that don't have cities that have names that begin with "Los" and end with "Angeles".
In Canada November has the National Drunk/Grey Cup football game and the United States has Thanksgiving, but car shows disappear faster than drinks at an open wedding bar
That's enough to stimulate a whopping case of SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) because the days get short and the nights get longer than the backside of a Moody Blues album.
Here's one cure-it's more like a Band Aid because nothing really cures the "No Car Show Blues" but here are a few shots from car shows past...
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OCTOBER 2011 STARS OF THE SHOW-SEASON OF THE WITCH...END OF THE SEASON
Most northern latitudes don't host many car shows past Halloween-with all due respect to Florida, California or Australia.
Once the Season of the Witch is over so is the car show season, but here are some shots taken late in the year before the snow flew.
The legendary Van Morrison phrased it best with the lines:"it's a marvelous time for a Moondance under the color of October skies".
He must have been at one of these late season car shows...
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SEPTEMBER 2011 STARS OF THE SHOW- TIME TRAVEL OVER DECADES
The car show season is winding down in areas not called Florida, Arizona or California but this year was like every year-a fantastic experience.
Car shows are like a time travel machine-back to what was...at least in perception, a kinder, gentler past.
That's why so many car show events build around and resurrect ideas like drive-in movies, vintage rock and roll and old-fashioned friendliness.
Here are some great examples of what you can see at a car show-time travel at its finest.
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THE SMALL TOWN CAR SHOW- DOES IT GET ANY BETTER?
Car shows are like people. They come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from a few cars at a shopping center to well over 5000 entries at a mega-show.
They all have one thing in common- they're friendly, positive, family oriented, happy events. It's almost like Walt Disney patterned Disneyland after a car show vibe.
I was at one of the smaller events I've been to in 2011 where they packaged everything a car show could offer and held it in a real-life version of Mayberry.
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