1918 New York Hotel Astor Automobile Salon

https://www.facebook.com/groups/226675368608297/permalink/251764969432670/

I hadn't heard of Saleen having an open house car show, in Corona Ca, annually, until just now

so, that's cool to know, and look forward to for next September.

https://www.saleen.com/news/press-releases/

the Ford F100 Western Nationals... I've never heard of it before, but it's an annual Anaheim truck show in early June

http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2016/06/ford-f100-nationals.html

1906 at Madison Square Garden, and the 69th Regiment Armory

Found on https://www.facebook.com/gwaynemiller

2 weeks until the Ontario California Route 66 Reunion!

Join thousands of classic car loves from throughout the U.S. and around the world for this year’s Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion!

It’s free to the public and encompasses approximately twenty two city blocks with cars and hot rods parking and cruisin’ for three days along the streets of historic, tree-lined, Euclid Avenue and the downtown streets in the City of Ontario, California and more than 2,000 classic cars.

 In addition, Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion is excited to feature a performance by legendary funk icons KC and the Sunshine Band. KC and the Sunshine Band will help to celebrate the one year anniversary of Ontario Town Square

This year, Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion will also welcome Rick and Kelly Dale from the hit History Channel show American Restoration. Rick and Kelly will be on site to greet fans, sign autographs, and enjoy the day with fellow automobile fans. The stars of American Restoration will also bring their own car collection.

Any vehicle or motorcycle from 1975 or earlier is eligible to be a part of the action. The event is free, but if you'd like to register your car/motorcycle, you can do so at the event ($70 on Friday & Saturday, $40 on Sunday).



https://route66cruisinreunion.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/405128096360231/

2 weeks until the Shelby Tribute and Car Show in Gardena California (At the 405 110 split)

this event celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the legendary G.T. 350. There will be a comprehensive display of Shelby G.T.350s.

The show will also have a Texas-style chili bar, special guests, and an engine rev salute at 1 pm, as well as a wide variety of Shelby and Ford-powered high performance vehicles.

About the G.T. 350 salute, Joe Conway, CEO of Shelby American and co-CEO of Carroll Shelby International said, “Our salute to the G.T.350’s heritage also celebrates Carroll, because this car embodies his larger than life persona. The Shelby G.T.350 truly changed the automotive landscape, which is why the cars are as desirable today as they were 50 years ago.”

This year’s show will also include a ceremony to commence groundbreaking of the Snake Pitt area of the Carroll Shelby Automotive Museum. The Snake Pitt lounge was built around Carroll Shelby’s apartment at the facility; it will become the heart of the new museum.

http://www.hotrod.com/events/coverage/1505-carroll-shelby-tribute-and-car-show-to-honor-the-50th-anniversary-g-t-350/

There have been about 45 car shows on tv, (and it's no surprise) Top Gear US sucks the most and is the last (lower than My Mother The Car)

http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/automotive-tv-shows-and-series

the top are from 1 to 10;
Top Gear
Overhaulin
Pimp My Ride
Monster Garage
Trick my Truck
Counting Cars
Xtrme 4x4
American Hot Rod
Wacky Races and
number ten: 5th Gear

Neil has come up with a set of rules for car shows that is funny and spot on

New Rules that Car Shows Should Adopt  http://goldengeesenews.blogspot.com/2014/02/new-rules-that-car-shows-should-adopt.html

 Car shows are like anything else. They are run by a very small group of people with little influence from the outside world with a bunch of participants who don’t have the backbone to speak up for common sense. The result is predictable - insanity.

 If I could be the dictator of this country, in just a few short years, I could have everything straightened out. I don’t think that is going to happen anytime soon so maybe I should start out small.

 Let me be the judge at car shows. There would be a new sheriff in town, with a whole new set of rules, like these:
 Any car that had a sign saying anything remotely like “Don’t Touch” or “Hands Off” would be immediately disqualified from winning anything in any category. What? Your car is so fragile that it can’t handle being touched? Then what good is it? Leave it at home, or sell it to a museum.

Any car that was hauled in on a truck or trailer, will automatically finish below any that are driven to the show.

 Anyone seriously trying to win anything should have current license plates for their vehicle.

Any car that does not have the ground clearance to make it over a speed bump, enter a normal driveway, or cross a set of railroad tracks will be penalized points, unless, the owner doesn’t give a shit and just gives it hell and bottoms out when meeting such obstructions. Points will be added for that.

 There are already more than enough bone stock Tri 5 Chevys, Classic Mustangs, classic T-Birds and Corvettes in the world. If you have one of these, feel free to show it, but don’t count on winning anything.

Anything that irritates purists will be given additional bonus points. This includes Chevy motors in non-Chevy cars. Non-Chevy motors in Chevys are even better because that is less common. You gotta love a big block Chevy in a GTO, but a Corvette with a Ford engine would almost certainly earn best of show. I don’t care what it rolled off the assembly line with, a V8 always beats a six, (Unless the six has been heavily modified, that’s cool), and a big block always beats a small block.

 Anyone caught displaying these faggy dolls, will not only be immediately disqualified, they will be asked to leave.

 With trucks, four wheel drive always beats two wheel drive, especially if a particular truck was never offered from the factory with four wheel drive.

17” maximum wheel diameters, unless the vehicle was originally available with larger diameter wheels.

Vehicle modifications that can be easily reversed are generally positives, (engine, tranny swaps, and rear end swaps, even throwing an old truck body on a 4x4 chassis.) ones that can’t and will probably leave the vehicle in a permanently altered state (e.g. wheel tubbing, unless the car is a true race car) are generally negatives. Unless it’s a Tri-5 Chevy, classic Mustang, classic T-Bird, or Corvette. There’s plenty of them. Go ahead and butcher them. Plus it makes the purists mad, and that’s always a good thing.

Door handles are good things. Factory rain gutters are good, (Lead sleds will be exempted from this.)

Owners caught cleaning their cars will lose points. You should have cleaned it before you brought it, and if you did, trust me, it’s clean enough. I can see through a day’s worth of dust. You’re there to have fun. Go buy a Coke and some popcorn, maybe a Big Bar, if you’re in Wisconsin, and go check out what other people brought. Maybe, go check out the swap meet. Don’t worry, your car will be fine, I won’t touch it, unless you got some gay sign saying “Don’t Touch”.

Dual exhaust always beats single exhaust, especially on vehicles that were not originally available with dual exhaust, like straight four and six cars, and wagons. Side pipes trump everything, unless they are not functional, in which case they are a negative.

 Fake stuff, and non-functional stuff is frowned upon. Rat Rods with fake tri-power setups are exempt.

Better is better. Front disc brakes always beat front drum brakes, dual pot master cylinders always beat single pot master cylinders. 12 volts always beats 6 volts. Loud is good. Sweet sounding and loud is better.

Modified weird motors are good. Let’s see how much power someone can get out of a Studebaker or International truck engine. Lotsa motor always beats lotsa paint. I’d rather see a big block Nova with a few rust holes and the paint burned off the roof, hood, and trunk, than a perfect body and a weak motor.

 I’ve never seen a custom interior that looks better than a stock interior.

I’ve seldom seen a custom paint job that looks better than a factory appearing paint job.

Vinyl graphics suck unless they were a factory option.

Manual transmissions always beat automatics. The more speeds, the better.

 No sports cars with automatics will be considered as being worthy of winning any of the top three positions in any category, even if they are the only cars in a particular category.
http://goldengeesenews.blogspot.com/2014/02/new-rules-that-car-shows-should-adopt.html

Legion Post 434 (5th ave, Chula Vista) is making it's first annual Car & Bike show! It benefits "operation Comfort Warrior" and the Post 434 Family, Saturday Sept 14th, 10 am to 3pm

the 1955 Paris Motor Show photo gallery that Hemmings just found

these are just a sample of what you'll see http://www.gyronautx1.com/1/post/2012/12/from-the-camera-of-alex-tremulis-the-1955-paris-motor-show.html

1968 Detroit Auto Show Ford display

Stereotypes=3 - minding it's own business at a car show Pontiac LeMans=0

 Nice as they come, looks great, just having a fine car show

 Then out of nowhere comes a Lexus at full speed into the car shop parking lot, right over the curb and through the shrubbery

 The Lexus plows into the LeMans so hard it pushed it into the 39 Ford parked next to the LeMans

Found at the local FM radio morning show blog http://www.sandiegojack.com/story/15074421/how-to-ruin-a-so-cal-car-show

Just found on https://www.facebook.com/james.thor1?sk=wall

The BMW Clean Car competition and car show at Spanish Landing city park. Great location, right on the bay

Going all the way to impress potential buyers at the 1925 First Auto Expo of Rio de Janeiro

For 16 days, Ford assembled cars on a makeshift assembly line for the public to watch

The event was attended by Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Gray, Packard, Hudson, Itala, Lancia and Voisin.

these photos came to light when the grandson of an engineer associated with making the expo happen, loaned the bool to a Rio newspaper. It's likely that no one alive recalls the event, or that it was thrown to promote development of roads in Brazil, because there weren't any. In view of the push that more car owners and car makers would make with the demand for roads, if I read the articles right, this was a brilliant idea that would force roads to get made from the trails that barely were drivable .

For a full gallery and posts about this extraordinary display of new cars and extreme measures to impress the potential new buyers in Rio, be sure to have Google toolbar ready to translate or use
translate.googleusercontent.com, and click on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/exposicao-de-automoveis-rio-1925-parte-2/ http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/exposicao-de-automoveis-rio-1925/

Thanks to Nik and Rafael for spreading the word about this amazing historical moment, which I bet has never been duplicated or copied

Is it any wonder I recommend Nik's blog so highly? Couldn't give it higher praise and applause!

Good news!

3 events added to the car show calendar


Also:

Fast and Furious 5 is being filmed, and I found the warehouse the cars are getting customized for the film stunts.

http://fast-and-furious-5-movie-trailer.blogspot.com/

Beatnik Blowout and Ventura Nationals

http://www.primernationals.com/

I'm off to see some Customs this year, check in after these shows for some photo coverage of them! Maybe you already have seen that the Beatniks of Koolsville have among their hot rods and customs the member who is the lead singer of Metallica, James Hetfield. The 3 or 4 vehicles that I've seen that he's had made are incredible http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Metallica I'm guessing that the other cars in the Beatniks of Coolsville club are on par

car show for Wounded Warriors (Navy Hospital Balboa, San Diego) active duty recovering from Afghanistan and Iraq war inflicted wounds