Joe in Canada Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 This past summer I noticed a very different location for a car local show. I do not frequent these evening events where hot roders and vintage hobbyist's gather to show off their rides. I will stop occasionally and have a fast look around if I happen to be driving by as I prefer driving events. But now I find things are going sideways for locations for these type of shows. I noticed that there are weekly shows hosted at two different funeral parlors this past summer to my surprise. Is this something new where the local car hobbyists are having a difficult time finding a location for a weekly show or am I the one that is different. On the other hand car hobbyist's are in the upper age group of the general population so is the funeral chapels trying to capitalize on future business. Any other different locations for a car show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 That is crazy, a funeral home? A top notch restaurant around here had the British car club show there last year. In one show, raised the bar for shows around here IMO. Hope they do more of them. It brought some class to the car scene. That is needed, I think people like nice things, and to have a nice setting to showcase the cars, brings up the level of interest. The burger joint car show has run it's course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Yeah, funny, sometimes I don't pay a lot of attention to signs. I just glanced at the food vendor sign and thought it said McDonalds. McDonalds, Donner, looks the same through cataracts. The burgers were good. Bernie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Novak Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Here in Shrewsbery Pa. near the Mason Dixon Line there is a large Amish Markets where a local Car Club is welcomed to have a Show the 4th Friday of every Month from Easter to Halloween. It runs from 4PM to 10PM and usually draws 1,000+ Street Cars, Antiques,and Custom cars if the weather is nice. Cars should be 1972 or earlier. There are Car Shows nearly every Saturday, at a Fire Company, Lodge or Community Park in our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 The Market at Shrewsbury is less than 1/4 mile from our shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Back in the day, malls were closed on Sundays and there were a lot of autocrosses. Now there are just lots of static shows with Mustangs, ricers, and a few Italian jobs driven by people who would be scared a power shift might hurt something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 2 hours ago, 60FlatTop said: Yeah, funny, sometimes I don't pay a lot of attention to signs. I just glanced at the food vendor sign and thought it said McDonalds. McDonalds, Donner, looks the same through cataracts. The burgers were good. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobg1951chevy Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 6 hours ago, Joe in Canada said: This past summer I noticed a very different location for a car local show. I do not frequent these evening events where hot roders and vintage hobbyist's gather to show off their rides. I will stop occasionally and have a fast look around if I happen to be driving by as I prefer driving events. But now I find things are going sideways for locations for these type of shows. I noticed that there are weekly shows hosted at two different funeral parlors this past summer to my surprise. Is this something new where the local car hobbyists are having a difficult time finding a location for a weekly show or am I the one that is different. On the other hand car hobbyist's are in the upper age group of the general population so is the funeral chapels trying to capitalize on future business. Any other different locations for a car show? Car show at funeral home ? I guess you could say folks were just dying to get there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Gee, a show at a funeral home would be quite an undertaking! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangster Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I can dig it. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 10:15 AM, Joe in Canada said: I noticed that there are weekly shows hosted at two different funeral parlors this past summer to my surprise. Funeral parlors do seem unusual locations for a car show. Maybe the local undertakers are car fans. But you might see some interesting antique hearses, as car fans with jobs in that business tend to like professional cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, John_S_in_Penna said: Funeral parlors do seem unusual locations for a car show. Maybe the local undertakers are car fans. But you might see some interesting antique hearses, as car fans with jobs in that business tend to like professional cars. One fellow in our region does have two 1930s hearses and does use them on occasion at his parlor. No it is not his location that hosts a car show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 personally, I'ld be buried to attend a car show at a funeral home....................! food joints make much more cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarredKnightfan Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 LOL ... love the puns...! I suppose it's a good idea to have car shows at funeral homes; can't say I've ever seen a show at such a place, tho. Certainly they don't have scheduled shows if an actual funeral-visitation is happening....? Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc "You know it don't seem right" | Bobbie Gentry | 'Ode To Billie Joe' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brasscarguy Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Just east of Seattle is the small town of Redmond. From April thru October The Redmond Town Center hosts a car show on Saturdays from 8:30 am until 11 am. If there is a less than 40 % chance of rain. It originally started out as an exotic car show and now encompasses Antique, Vintage, Exotics. The limit on time pretty much eliminates hot rods loud music and burn outs. Each week during the summer a marque is featured . Its great fun, and usually after the show different makes marques will break up and do a run somewhere for lunch. brasscarguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 On 1/27/2017 at 1:10 PM, John_S_in_Penna said: Funeral parlors do seem unusual locations for a car show. Look around at the guys attending these events. Tell me you haven't seen the guys in shorts with the Nikes and support hose, gray pony tail, and an ear ring. There's a shadow just back from the window watching. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Funeral parlour , surely the end of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 There was a local funeral director with a few well restored Model A Fords, nice helpful guy, last guy to put you down. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Let's not be putting people down over car gathering locations. As I see it, many big funeral homes have big well landscaped parking lots and little traffic. A nice quite place to gather for nice ride in the country with other antique cars. I remember the days when the old, old car guys would leave when the D.J. stating playing Rock & Roll music. Now the sound of a well running 100 year old automobile is all the music I like to hear at car gatherings. I guess that comes with age, but I still rather be driving my early Ford V8's and listening to Model A's & T's and other Pre WWII vehicles climbing the mountains in our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Reserved parking for: Nash, Hudson, Studebaker, Packard, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Rambler, Stanley, Willys, Pierce Arrow, Duesenberg, Auburn, Cord, Bantam, Plymouth, Austin, Morris, Sunbeam, Borgward, NSU, Isotta Fraschini, Stutz, Mercer, Chalmers, Chadwick, (and a "few more" I missed!) Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 A funeral home with parking for musicians at a cruise in sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Isn't Redmond home of a company founded by a Mr. Gates ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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