2019 Chrysler Carlisle Nationals

[jjsipes]

Planning on going Friday July 12. Who else might be going?

[CapSat 6]

I'm gonna be there Saturday. Jason- try to get there before 9AM, parking tends to fill up quickly, even on Friday!!!

If you have never gone before, Friday is a great day to shop the swaps. Let me know if you need any more info, I have been going for 25 years now!!!

 

[jjsipes]

8 minutes ago, CapSat 6 said:

I'm gonna be there Saturday. Jason- try to get there before 9AM, parking tends to fill up quickly, even on Friday!!!

If you have never gone before, Friday is a great day to shop the swaps. Let me know if you need any more info, I have been going for 25 years now!!!

 

I've been going for 20 years+ now I guess. I usually park in the school next to the fairgrounds. My wife and I leave our house at 6am and usably get up their between 7 and 7:30. It's always a great show. I was just wondering if anybody here on the forum might be going.

[CapSat 6]

6 minutes ago, jjsipes said:

I've been going for 20 years+ now I guess. I usually park in the school next to the fairgrounds. My wife and I leave our house at 6am and usably get up their between 7 and 7:30. It's always a great show. I was just wondering if anybody here on the forum might be going.

I do the same thing! Usually we're parked in that school parking lot. We usually get there by about 9-ish, it takes us about 2 hours or so to get there. I go with a friend usually, but I have gone solo on Fridays in some years. This year, my friend will be on the lookout for '71 Satellite parts. One year, we came home with a complete 440 and 727 Trans for his car- his Dakota pickup struggled with that load a little . I have found the occasional built model there, too.

My biggest Carlisle highlight was probably the year I met Brock Yates there. He turned out to be really nice. One of my heroes. He had his Cannonball Challenger there with him that time. The special displays are always top notch.   

[jjsipes]

45 minutes ago, CapSat 6 said:

I do the same thing! Usually we're parked in that school parking lot. We usually get there by about 9-ish, it takes us about 2 hours or so to get there. I go with a friend usually, but I have gone solo on Fridays in some years. This year, my friend will be on the lookout for '71 Satellite parts. One year, we came home with a complete 440 and 727 Trans for his car- his Dakota pickup struggled with that load a little . I have found the occasional built model there, too.

My biggest Carlisle highlight was probably the year I met Brock Yates there. He turned out to be really nice. One of my heroes. He had his Cannonball Challenger there with him that time. The special displays are always top notch.   

This was my highlight the other year.

 

 

[CapSat 6]

1 hour ago, jjsipes said:

This was my highlight the other year.

 

 

The King! Of course!!!

[gtx6970]

Used to go every year. But haven't been maybe the past 4 or so.

 

Now that i live in Az.

Not likely i will ever go again. 

[CapSat 6]

I didn’t by any means get to see the whole show, and I didn’t take pics of everything I saw, but here are some pics: 

 

 

[Fish_65]

Thanks for posting those pics Bill. 

I hoping to go to that show next year.

[CapSat 6]

37 minutes ago, Fish_65 said:

Thanks for posting those pics Bill. 

I hoping to go to that show next year.

You are quite welcome!!! It is a HUGE show, and it gets HOT. Plan accordingly. Let me know if you want any advice on how to do this one! 

[jjsipes]

It was great show. Was there Friday, sunny but had a nice breeze most of the day

[gtx6970]

4 hours ago, CapSat 6 said:

I didn’t by any means get to see the whole show, and I didn’t take pics of everything I saw, but here are some pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, who can make me the decal to replicate this hood

[CapSat 6]

19 hours ago, gtx6970 said:

 

Ok, who can make me the decal to replicate this hood

If I was thinking more clearly I would have tried to shoot that straight on. Maybe then a decal could be printed from the image??? I just thought it looked cool and popped a quick pic of it between the crowds. I think it's great when a restorer preserves artwork like this when they go back to stock.  

If you wanted to go for something along those lines, you could maybe see what you could find by way of panel patterns from Slixx or other producers, find a mural image that you like, use both decals and then clear the daylights out of them after they dry.

I'm building a '70's style custom right now (long story) and I found some illustrations that I'm going to try to print on decal paper to use for various areas.   

[jjsipes]

Mines not much better

[jjsipes]

Suppose to be original Charlie Allen Dart

[jjsipes]

Couple more from show.

 

Was surprised to see this.

 

[Tom Geiger]

Yea Bill!  You know I'm dying for that Aussie Valiant!   

[CapSat 6]

15 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

Yea Bill!  You know I'm dying for that Aussie Valiant!   

Hey Tom- you ought to hit some of the local cruises near you, you'll see that car...I was talking to the owner last year, he says that he lives in Montgomery County, PA, and that he does as many cruises as he can. Good guy, originally from New Zealand. He bought the car in Australia, then moved her and brought it with him. I saw it in pics from a car show in Roxborough (Philadelphia), about 2 blocks from the house where I grew up...so that was mildly weird (but in a good way)! 

I really think the VG (1970) Valiant Pacers are cool. I'm trying to piece together the 2 door version of this car, starting with a Revell '69 Dart. I'm using the custom grille from the Jo Han '68 Chrysler 300...hoping to be able to cut that down and add the square headlamps, maybe a front bumper from the AMT Dart Swinger circle track car...I'm not going to get it 100% but hoping to get sort of close...

I'm also going to do up a Mexican Super Bee (Duster/ Dart Sport) at some point. It will make up my collection of "Darts from around the world"...

Give me a few years, maybe you can set a sub-theme of "Mopar A Bodies" for the NNL East some year...and maybe I'll have a few built by then!  

The 4 door on the other hand...if you look, it's very different from the U.S. Dart 4 door- different rear window/roof stamping, quarters, taillights...a little beyond my skills.

[Tom Geiger]

Bill- There are some resin Aussie Valiants.   Andy Douglas, who often is on the udder board, sells them. 

[CapSat 6]

2 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

Bill- There are some resin Aussie Valiants.   Andy Douglas, who often is on the udder board, sells them. 

Yup, I have seen those. I scratched the itch for a VH some time ago (the “Charger” generation, which is done in resin), I got a Trax 1/24 diecast some time ago. I did correspond with Andy a bit about the VG recently and he’s hip to the project! 

Still- lately I have been liking the VG generation. I started looking at the Revell ‘68 Dart and decided that it was a good starting point. They do the VG as 1/43 and 1/18 prebuilts (along with many other OZ cars) but I really want to limit what I get in those scales.

Also, whenever I start a project like this and it goes long term, eventually they start to make the car that I want. Many years ago, I started the conversion of an MPC ‘69 Barracuda into a VH Valiant Charger, and eventually, that 1/24 diecast became available.

Edited July 17, 2019 by CapSat 6

[CapSat 6]

Here’s what I hope to build: 

 

[Tom Geiger]

Valiant VC Wayfarer Ute

This one is my itch to scratch!  I've always wanted a 1:1 VC Ute.  Maybe with my lottery winnings!   My buddy Alan from Perth brought me a resin copy the last time he visited.  

[CapSat 6]

1 hour ago, Tom Geiger said:

Valiant VC Wayfarer Ute

This one is my itch to scratch!  I've always wanted a 1:1 VC Ute.  Maybe with my lottery winnings!   My buddy Alan from Perth brought me a resin copy the last time he visited.  

Very cool!

OK- maybe some time soon, an NNL sub-sub-sub theme can be: "Forbidden Fruit: Cars That Never Came To The U.S."!