Anyone actually go to the car show part of Etown this weekend? - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

HardcoreZ28 · 04-20-2009, 09:18 AM

Was there yesterday with my Thunderbird since my IROC is still in storage at a friends place. Some very nice Camaro's and GTO's yesterday. Not too many other impressive cars honestly. The show gets smaller and smaller each year it seems....maybe they should take that as a sign.

Did win a trophy with the T-bird and talk to a bunch of people about potential business so all in all a productive day.

BonzoHansen · 04-20-2009, 09:24 AM

Sunday is a waste there. We were talking about this last night. But I can see why you go, with the business and all.

HardcoreZ28 · 04-20-2009, 09:32 AM

Yeah it's getting worse and worse each year. And I dont' know if anyone else has noticed this but I feel like the quality of cars in this area has been declining as well. Not sure it's an economic thing, people just wanting driver quality so they can enjoy them more, or the standards have just dropped, but there is a definite trend.

WildBillyT · 04-20-2009, 09:43 AM

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Yeah it's getting worse and worse each year. And I dont' know if anyone else has noticed this but I feel like the quality of cars in this area has been declining as well. Not sure it's an economic thing, people just wanting driver quality so they can enjoy them more, or the standards have just dropped, but there is a definite trend.

I think it's a little of both. My dad and brother went to the Maple Grove swap meet this year and they said it was dead. Most of the big vendors packed up on Saturday, and by mid afternoon Sunday the place was a ghost town.

JL8Jeff · 04-20-2009, 11:35 AM

I thought briefly about going to E-town but it's such a PITA getting in and out that it wasn't worth it. The swap meet crap and the fact that they cook greasy food right next to the showcars is probably a big factor why people don't bother bringing nice cars. The quality of cars has been going downhill for quite a few years now. But I couldn't see wasting a nice day to deal with the hassle of E-town this weekend. How was the wind? I know it was windy out on the river and golf course so I'm guessing E-town was even worse.

maroman88 · 04-20-2009, 11:40 AM

i wanted to go.... no one else could tho

B4C · 04-20-2009, 01:06 PM

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I think it's a little of both. My dad and brother went to the Maple Grove swap meet this year and they said it was dead. Most of the big vendors packed up on Saturday, and by mid afternoon Sunday the place was a ghost town.

I went to maple grove for the first time this year, Maple Grove owns E-town. Even if there was less of a turnout at maple grove this year like you said you donr get all the flea market crap and yard sale junk its all automotive stuff.

ar0ck · 04-20-2009, 01:09 PM

First & last time I went was 2 years ago and sat in 2 hours of traffic trying to get back to the Parkway. What I saw didn't impress me enough to go back a second time.

Frank drives a Firebird · 04-20-2009, 02:14 PM

I went on Saturday and happened to enjoy it very much. I've only been going for a few years though so I can't say too much on the decline of quality cars but there were still some very nice vehicles there. I really cant stand the 1 hour drive on Englishtown road though. It's a four mile stretch or so between the park and route 18 and every year I spend an hour there, not to mention the equally long wait to leave, with my coolant comfortably cooking at 260 F

Dilley · 04-20-2009, 02:25 PM

i was there saturday as well and i haven't been going for long enough to say weather the quality is bad or not but it definitely was not anything special car show wise on the swap meet side wasn't that great either didn't find any of the things we went there to get so

Jersyboyy · 04-21-2009, 12:42 AM

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I went on Saturday and happened to enjoy it very much. I've only been going for a few years though so I can't say too much on the decline of quality cars but there were still some very nice vehicles there. I really cant stand the 1 hour drive on Englishtown road though. It's a four mile stretch or so between the park and route 18 and every year I spend an hour there, not to mention the equally long wait to leave, with my coolant comfortably cooking at 260 F

260 is a TAD bit high dont cha think?
Theirs SO many better ways out of englishtown than the long road straight to the parkway. Try mapquest and go to rt9 or 18 then get to the parkway or go local to where ever your going.
I went this year, it was a litttle better than last year but still sucked.
O think I may check out Maple Grove next time around.

NastyEllEssWon · 04-21-2009, 09:20 AM

if you go out the back way from e town you can hit 33 really really quick

JL8Jeff · 04-21-2009, 10:33 AM

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if you go out the back way from e town you can hit 33 really really quick

But at a certain point in the day, they won't let you out that way, they force everyone to head north and it gets all jammed up all the way to rt 9. Last time I went for the swap meet/show they forced us out north, had to go east, then back south before heading back west to get home. The big block was climing in temp as well just sitting in traffic so that's one reason the quality cars won't bother showing up. They should really make an extra effort to help the show cars get out as easily as possible.

HardcoreZ28 · 04-21-2009, 10:46 AM

I agree I've gotten caught a few times leaving there and had the IROC heat up on me. This year it only took me about 15 minutes to get from the track out to Rt 18 so I was very happy.

WildBillyT · 04-21-2009, 12:10 PM

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But at a certain point in the day, they won't let you out that way, they force everyone to head north and it gets all jammed up all the way to rt 9. Last time I went for the swap meet/show they forced us out north, had to go east, then back south before heading back west to get home. The big block was climing in temp as well just sitting in traffic so that's one reason the quality cars won't bother showing up. They should really make an extra effort to help the show cars get out as easily as possible.

Absolutely. Who wants to sit there cooking your high $ original motor!

NastyEllEssWon · 04-21-2009, 01:27 PM

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But at a certain point in the day, they won't let you out that way, they force everyone to head north and it gets all jammed up all the way to rt 9. Last time I went for the swap meet/show they forced us out north, had to go east, then back south before heading back west to get home. The big block was climing in temp as well just sitting in traffic so that's one reason the quality cars won't bother showing up. They should really make an extra effort to help the show cars get out as easily as possible.

oooh thanks for the clarification. makes sense