grubin Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Can anyone tell me the best days for Carlisle. It's been a long time since I attended and was thinking Wednesday/ Thursday. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwellens Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midman Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) It seems there are more cars in the corral on Friday but if you don't care about that then I agree with Wellens, Thursday. Chuck Edited September 25, 2016 by midman (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 It completely depends on the weather prediction. All things being equal, Friday gets the largest crowds and typically has the most vendors. If prediction for Friday is rain, people will usually come Thursday. Most vendors are packing up on Sat. It surprises me that even big vendors who are only going down the road to Hershey are out the door by early afternoon on Sat. Wed is pretty much setup day, with only about half the vendors on site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 6 hours ago, joe_padavano said: Most vendors are packing up on Sat. And Sunday usually isn't even worth going to Carlisle, unless you are staying the week and have time to use up. But with so many interesting things to see in the area, you'd be better off using Sunday for something more productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Do people think Fall Carlisle is still pretty good? My attendance at the spring and fall events has been more occasional of late. For a few years (at least) in the depth of the recession, there were plenty of empty vendor spaces on the field, and the car corral was only half full. The big hillside slope of the car corral was practically empty, with almost all of the car corral activity taking place on the lower half. That's still makes a large event compared to many others around the country, however. I live close enough that it doesn't matter much, but if someone is going to drive hundreds of miles, he should have a realistic view of what to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 1 hour ago, AJFord54 said: This Spring Carlisle I was shocked to notice that the car corral was primarily muscle cars from the 70s and 80s with very few cars from even the 50s. Agreed. I think Carlisle's car corral, for quite some time, has been good for 1960's on up. If anyone wants a good selection of earlier cars, Hershey is the place to go. The car corrals at Hershey and Carlisle are not at all alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I live about 90 miles from Carlisle, and have pretty much quit going to it at all. When the car corral started having almost new Suburbans for sale (which I too feel was about 5 years ago when the corral changed), I felt it wasn't worth the trip. Every now and then an older car would show up, but as mentioned, it's mostly 60's and 70's and later...which is fine, a lot of people are into those eras, and I too have a couple of 60's cars, but I'm not looking for more. It's a totally different feel than Hershey. I have a friend who goes to Carlisle every year, he plans to go to Hershey for the first time. I can't wait for his reaction to the different venue, he said he figured he could see most of it in one day, and I just laughed to myself.......told him it was much bigger than Carlisle, and he was surprised, thought it was about the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlasguy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 If anyone is planning to travel on 81, definitely go Saturday! If you go during the work week, plan on being stuck in construction for hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 We haven't been to Carlisle in years. I now buy my socks at WalMart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 23 hours ago, cutlasguy said: If anyone is planning to travel on 81, definitely go Saturday! If you go during the work week, plan on being stuck in construction for hours! Where is the construction on Interstate 81, Cutlass Guy? Thankfully, Pennsylvania has lots of smaller highways, and even back country roads, for by-passing any problem areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danleblanc Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 When I went from Linglestown to Archbald in July while on vacation, it took me 1 1/2 hours (on a Friday afternoon leaving at 1:15) to get from the 78/81 split to just above Pine Grove. There was a few small construction areas from there to Scranton, but nothing as bad as that. Left Linglestown at 1:15, arrived in Archbald at 4:55. It's going to be that way for a while as I understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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