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#499596 - 04/04/08 03:43 PM
Re: April show in Charlotte
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Melissa_Hill
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Registered: 04/04/08
Posts: 2
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I am new to this forum, and this may not be the appropriate place to ask this question, but I'll try it anyway. I was under the impression that AACA-sanctioned events were free to the public. According to the Charlotte Observer, the show at Lowe's Motor Speedway has a parking fee of $5 per car and an entry fee of $10 per person. Am I wrong about no charge to the public? Are only AACA members supposed to be free? I am completely confused...
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#499648 - 04/04/08 07:42 PM
Re: April show in Charlotte
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MCHinson
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Registered: 06/27/06
Posts: 762
Loc: Wilmington, NC
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Melissa, The AACA Meet is outside the Track. You can get to it without paying. If you are willing to walk a long way, I even saw a parking lot that was free according to the sign (A long way down Morehouse Road)...
Enjoy the show!
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Matthew C. Hinson
1929 Model A Phaeton
AACA, MAFCA, MARC
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#499788 - 04/05/08 01:34 PM
A teaser from Charlotte
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R W Burgess
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Registered: 06/13/02
Posts: 10080
Loc: Warsaw, Va.
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It was a little rainy, some parts of the field were a little wet, but overall, it was a wonderful meet. I attended Judging School yesterday, along with the Apprentice Judging Team today. Our Team Captain/Leader, Rick Lay, taught me a few things I didn't know about judging antique cars. Do we ever know everything? 
Here's one of the beautiful cars on the field today, a Mercer that I'll let you guys dissect!
Wayne
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#499789 - 04/05/08 01:38 PM
Re: A teaser from Charlotte
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R W Burgess
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Registered: 06/13/02
Posts: 10080
Loc: Warsaw, Va.
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#499811 - 04/05/08 02:55 PM
Re: A teaser from Charlotte
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R W Burgess
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Registered: 06/13/02
Posts: 10080
Loc: Warsaw, Va.
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Nice 1955 Chevy Nomad in the DPC class(Drivers Participation Class)
Wayne
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#499815 - 04/05/08 03:02 PM
Re: A teaser from Charlotte
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R W Burgess
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Registered: 06/13/02
Posts: 10080
Loc: Warsaw, Va.
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The antique automobiles had gotten permission to leave the field by the time I took this picture of these muscle cars, a SS Chevelle, and two Oldsmobiles.
Wayne
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#499817 - 04/05/08 03:07 PM
Re: A teaser from Charlotte
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rocketraider
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Registered: 12/05/01
Posts: 3110
Loc: the Last Capital of Dixie
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Well- y'all are making me wish I had got up and driven to Charlotte today to see these cars and meet some of you face to face. But... since it poured rain here till about 10 AM, I decided to use today to sort and catalog recent ebay parts acquisitions. So the day wasn't completely wasted old-car wise! You wouldn't believe the 64 Olds wire wheel cover I got for ten bucks! So what if it didn't have a spinner? I just happened to have one of those laying around too.
One of my friends says the two front rooms in the house look like a swap meet anyway.
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Glenn Williamson
Rocketraider
member AACA and all major Olds clubs
"That's a strange concept, Son" said my father as he sampled the day's run of silvery-clear moonshine for taste and quality. "Good 'shine, that. Your grandpap would be proud that the gift has passed on to another generation. But yes, it's real strange that some folks feel like a varmint has more right to illegally inhabit and destroy your property than you have to prevent it from doing it."
"Come to think of it, that's why your Uncle Reade sold off all them rental houses he had. It was costing him more to fix what the varmints tore up than he was making off 'em. And the govamint wouldn't let him evict them."
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#499854 - 04/05/08 06:21 PM
Re: A teaser from Charlotte
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ex98thdrill
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Registered: 04/20/01
Posts: 2118
Loc: East Bloomfield, New York
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That's a nice looking Nomad...
Now before someone thinks I'm disecting a car on the internet please be aware that this isn't a judgement question.
Were those strips that go over the headlights, down the front fenders and onto the doors common?? I've never seen any Nomads with those strips, let alone a '55 Chevy ever before. I think I've seen more '55 Nomads than '56 & '57's but that's something that I've never seen before.
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#499876 - 04/05/08 07:49 PM
Re: A teaser from Charlotte
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rocketraider
Long Time Member
Registered: 12/05/01
Posts: 3110
Loc: the Last Capital of Dixie
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Pat, I always thought it was part of the '55 Nomad trim package. The ones I see here have it, but that's only two cars and one of them is far from original.
I think the stuff is diecast and as such people may have left it off completely when they couldn't find good replacement pieces. Also if front sheetmetal had to be replaced with non-Nomad pieces, they may have been left off.
Wayne, did you note where the Nomad was from? It may be one of the two I know about, from Nathalie VA (northern Halifax County). At one time Nathalie post office had the distinction of one of the longest RFD routes in the country.
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Glenn Williamson
Rocketraider
member AACA and all major Olds clubs
"That's a strange concept, Son" said my father as he sampled the day's run of silvery-clear moonshine for taste and quality. "Good 'shine, that. Your grandpap would be proud that the gift has passed on to another generation. But yes, it's real strange that some folks feel like a varmint has more right to illegally inhabit and destroy your property than you have to prevent it from doing it."
"Come to think of it, that's why your Uncle Reade sold off all them rental houses he had. It was costing him more to fix what the varmints tore up than he was making off 'em. And the govamint wouldn't let him evict them."
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