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The topical Carlisle shows are very heavily dominated

by muscle cars. I haven't been to the Chrysler show

for a few years, but I'd estimate it was literally 90% muscle cars.

The Ford show, similarly, has been 90% Mustangs.

If you are looking for pre-war cars, you will be very disappointed.

But if you like those specialties, you'll be in heaven.

I live fairly close, but rarely do I attend those summer Carlisle shows any more.

Instead, I attend all sorts of other old-car activities, where there is

quite a variety of cars and ages. And you can't beat Hershey!

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I find the same around here. Soon after moving here I went to a local car show (AACA) and they had one class for cars 1955 and earlier. There were two cars in the class -- a 1935 Ford and a 1955 T-Bird. Everything else ranged from street rods to muscle cars to rice burners to rat rods with a few "original" later models.

Although my passion is cars older than I am I understand why they are not shown in the small local shows. Fifty years ago you could take a Model T out for a leisurely drive and people would smile and wave (more than one finger). With today's traffic you would be taking your life in your hands. And few want to trailer their car to the Sonic for a cruise-in. All the old ones are still around but hidden away in garages except for the few that are brought out to Hershey and the major

regional shows.

Don

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Don, I agree that the old cars tend to get out much less--

probably because they were the area of interest in the

1960's and many of their owners have passed on or are older.

But at our region's annual show, which is limited to

antique cars only, we regularly get plenty of pre-war cars.

An 1899 Crouch, 1905 Franklin, 1906 Cadillac, 1908 EMF,

1909 Sears, 1911 Hupmobile, 1916 Locomobile, 1923 American, 1925 Willys-Knight,

1926 Ajax, 1926 Nash, etc. are some of the pre-war cars that have appeared

at our show among a typical car attendance of 200-250. And those

are just the ones I see, looking back now at the photo

coverage of our last few shows in our newsletter. There have been dozens of other

pre-war cars. The 1950's and 1960's cars are much more common these days, though.

Pennsylvania has mile after mile of back roads--and maybe South Carolina

does too! I find it very safe to drive my 1916 car on the back roads here.

They're paved, and with all the curves and little hills, the roads are only suited

to 25 to 35 m.p.h anyway. One could map out the back roads and drive

across the state that way!

And by the way, my quaint 1916 car generates a lot more smiles than my 1970's car!

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Went to a car show in Scranton, Pa. Sunday (my home town) and many pre war cars were shown. Scroll down for the link to the pictures. Pleasant chance from snapping all muscle cars.

Sorry, link doesn't work. I really want to see your photos of the Scranton Show. I had planned on driving up modern Sunday, but after adding-up gas and TP tolls for the 2 hour drive expecting to see too many muscle cars and modifieds, I elected to stay home and wax that modern car. I want to see what I missed.

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Mr. Pushbutton, I wouldn't want to leave anyone the impression

that Spring and Fall Carlisle have "all Beanie Babies...Bootleg DVDs..."

My assessment is that those shows, while not quite as good as they

once were, are still very good and are filled mostly with car parts,

car supplies, car memorabilia, and 1960's-up collector cars for sale.

I haven't been to Carlisle for a year, though. I agree that their car corral

was only half as filled as it was at its peak.

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Although I love going to Carlisle. I have one complaint! They are starting to price themselves out of the market. Parking has gone from $5.00 to $10.00 and admission from $10.00 to $12.00. I hate to think what they charge vendors and car corral space users, but I know that several of my friends have given up theirs.

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Yes, I know what you mean about Carlisle event prices.

They have gone up more than the inflation rate.

I've heard of several large vendors that no longer sell there--

one, reportedly, was asked to pay a percentage of his sales

and not just his space rental. No thanks, he said.

Carlisle Productions isn't a club event, it's a for-profit venture

now being run by the sons of the founders.

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