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IROCZman15 · 10-17-2016, 07:58 PM

I remembered this thread just yesterday actually after leaving the car show at Nielsen Chevrolet (formerly Ayers Chevrolet) in Dover. Sunday, they had their first annual car show (which was postponed from last sunday). Had a good turnout of about 50-60 cars throughout the day, which isn't bad considering there were several other shows in a 20 mile radius or so.

I of course knew I wasn't winning a trophy and almost left early but I had cruised in with my neighbor and his custom 1940 something full blown resto-mod frame off custom Ford pickup truck, and he was chatting with a bunch of his buddies who all had custom coupes and vintage iron custom cars, so I decided to hangout and wait with him until the awards were finished so we could cruise home together.

Long story short, they didn't do any classes for cars to be judged, it was just a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophy for the whole show. No big deal. 3rd place went to a very nice 1960's something corvette i think. Second place went to some mildly modified (kinda silly looking) old VW bug beetle. Then.. 1st place went to a STOCK 2012 orange Dodge Charger SRT. what in the heck? The old guys from the "north jersey street rod" gang I was hanging out near were stunned. So was I. So were plenty of people who had nice chevelles, 1st gen camaros, old lead-sled rods, total custom built coupes and high dollar street rods. A stock challenger and a wacky VW bug?!?? Just didn't sit right with them; nor with me. Especially at show hosted by/at a Chevy dealership.

Reminded me of this discussion so i figured I'd share.

10-17-2016, 07:58 PM	#42
IROCZman15 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Roxbury, NJ Posts: 2,136 iTrader: (8)	I remembered this thread just yesterday actually after leaving the car show at Nielsen Chevrolet (formerly Ayers Chevrolet) in Dover. Sunday, they had their first annual car show (which was postponed from last sunday). Had a good turnout of about 50-60 cars throughout the day, which isn't bad considering there were several other shows in a 20 mile radius or so. I of course knew I wasn't winning a trophy and almost left early but I had cruised in with my neighbor and his custom 1940 something full blown resto-mod frame off custom Ford pickup truck, and he was chatting with a bunch of his buddies who all had custom coupes and vintage iron custom cars, so I decided to hangout and wait with him until the awards were finished so we could cruise home together. Long story short, they didn't do any classes for cars to be judged, it was just a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophy for the whole show. No big deal. 3rd place went to a very nice 1960's something corvette i think. Second place went to some mildly modified (kinda silly looking) old VW bug beetle. Then.. 1st place went to a STOCK 2012 orange Dodge Charger SRT. what in the heck? The old guys from the "north jersey street rod" gang I was hanging out near were stunned. So was I. So were plenty of people who had nice chevelles, 1st gen camaros, old lead-sled rods, total custom built coupes and high dollar street rods. A stock challenger and a wacky VW bug?!?? Just didn't sit right with them; nor with me. Especially at show hosted by/at a Chevy dealership. Reminded me of this discussion so i figured I'd share. __________________ 1987 IROC-Z - modified Last edited by IROCZman15; 10-17-2016 at 08:39 PM.