High octane Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The 6th annual Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals will be held on Nov. 22nd & 23rd at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont , Illinois (Chicagoland) and is a great place to see many rare cars from around the country. This is a "Premier" car show that would provide many great opportunities for reference photos for your upcoming and future model car builds. There is also a 1:1 swap meet/vendor area as well as 1:1 cars for sale. Model car kits also for sale as well. This is a "must see" event as you won't be disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbben Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Ooohhh. Want to attend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 I was able to see the previous 5 shows over the years, and always look forward to the next one, that's how good they are. Of course we stop at Hooters for lunch before the show, so were not hungry while we're checking out all the awesome rides. The show is ALWAYS the weekend before Thanksgiving. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Don't forget folks, the show is THIS weekend, Nov. 22nd & 23rd. You can also get discount tickets online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 About a dozen of us from the D.A.A.M. club of metro Detroit are attending this year.Normally our NNL and toy show is always the same weekend as this show but due to a schedule change for our show this year we're able to do a club trip.This will be the first time for me to attend this show.Look for us there in our spiffy gray and flamed shirts and/or hoodies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Will you be there on Saturday, Sunday, or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I have friends who usually have a car or two on display at this show and I have wanted to attend, but work usually precludes me from making the long trip back home. Hope you get some pictures to share with us Nick, looking forward to seeing some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 mikemodeler I have been havin' trouble postin' pics on this website for the last several months. I don't have any problems doing so on other froums. Exotics Builder will most likely be postin' pics from the show, so look for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 We'll be there at least part,if not all, of both days.Saturday's arrival time will depend on what time we leave Detroit and how traffic conditions turn out.Some of us may also go hobby shop hopping part of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Have some commitments tomorrow so I plan to go Sunday and camera is charged (along with an extra battery). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 I have plans to be there 'bout noon on Sunday and hopefully will see some of you there. We'll be stopping at Hooters for some wings before the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill w Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I've been to that show many times, and I enjoy it every time I go. I only live 10 miles north of the center and will try to be there on sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 As usual the 2014 Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals was a great show to attend to say the very least. I'm lookin' forward to next years show already as I know that I won't be disappointed. The wings at Hooters were great as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 A good friend of mine was posting pictures all weekend from the show and they did not disappoint. I will have to make plans to be there next year, too much to see and a computer screen doesn't do some of the cars justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 The tickets are $25 at the door and only $20 online. I would've paid $50 as the show is THAT good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) This was the first time that I,along with some of my fellow D.A.A.M. club members,attended this show.My impressions follow: 1)It was interesting to see all the cars,some variations of which I hadn't know about before the show(how about the only'65 Shelby Mustang with a periwinkle blue vinyl top?Yes,Shelby installed it.And to see it you know why there's only one.) 2)Some folks try WAAAAY too hard to document and preserve everything about their car.Case in point:a 722 mile '86 Monte Carlo Areo coupe.The 3rd owner changed the engine oil and filter and the transmission oil and filter-and kept the old filters!!!!!!WHY?Without photos taken at the time of service no one can prove that those filters were removed from that car anyway.Even then the old pieces would have to be somehow marked before removal and photographed with those marks(and filters) in place while still on the vehicle and THEN removed. 3)A lot of these cars look even beyond over restored-they look fossilized.They've become the ultimate unusable things.The owners won't drive them for fear of damage or showing wear on the car.Silly.They're cars, they were meant to be driven( and the first 5 owners of many of these things didn't worry about preserving anything).One of my model buddies and I were looking at that $3.5 million '71 'Cuda convertible and we agreed that if we owned it we'd take it on a dirt road and do donuts with it(BTW,we wondered what happened to this 'Cuda's convertible top and framing.The boot was only loosely fastened and looked like it was partly sunken down into the well.The boot was held up in the middle by a brick or a block of wood or something.Was the mechanism missing?). 4)There was a section of "barn finds" there.Many had photos of the cars when they were purchased and removed from their resting places and they had more dirt on them now than when the photos were taken!Hmmmm.Guys,it's nice to score a barn find but,please,wash the things so no one needs a hazmet suit and tetanus shot to get near them (Read Ezra Dyer's column in the December 2014 issue of Car & Driver magazine about this very subject.It's a total hoot.). 5)This is a show much like the Detroit Autorama minus the street rods,customs,and rat rods. 6) I'd attend again but I wouldn't go every year.Every 3 years or so would suffice. Edited November 25, 2014 by ZTony8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 I wuz lookin' for you guys Tony as I was there 'bout noon 'til 3 p.m. yesterday. I hafta agree with some of the things you said 'bout the show, especially some of the "barn finds" I think should've been left in the barn. I also agree with some of the owners over documenting things 'bout their cars. They think that some of the show attendees are going to read all that stuff they put on signs and easels, or that anybody cares how many oil changes a car has had? Yeah right. And how 'bout that Camaro or '63 Impala with "only 247 miles" on it? Must not have been a very good car if nobody was drivin' it, yes cars are made to be driven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 That '63 Impala was one of the Nebraska Chevy dealer auction cars so I can see where it wouldn't have had too many miles. I'm surprised that you didn't see some of us,Nick.We had spread out,each guy going his own way until we met up to leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Still editing the 300 plus pix. Posting later today, I hope. Saw some of the D.A.A.M. folks at Des Plaines Hobbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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