STEVE POLLARD Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Any of the members here attending the show over this weekend ? A close friend went last year, the cars were unbelievable..... post pictures ! Thanks Steve https://www.mcacn.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I have been wanting to go, maybe next year. I have a buddy that usually goes but he cant make it this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 What the heck is and where is MCACN? Old guys like me need more than just a name of a show. Grey hair pulls memory cells out of our heads. Bald guys have no excuse. dave s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomara Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Hey, I have Chrome Dome Syndrome and I don't know what MCACN means either. &*^%$#@!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) Edited November 18, 2022 by STEVE POLLARD (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 https://www.mcacn.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, STEVE POLLARD said: Is this supposed to help! Chrome dome or grey top still lost. dave s ps edit - just saw the link that makes it better. Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals Nov 19 & 20 Rosemont IL. Sponsored by MECUM auctions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) Is this the show that use to be called Bloomington Gold held down in Bloomington IL then moved to Pheasant Run Expo center in St Charles IL before it burned down? dave s Edited November 18, 2022 by SC38dls (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 Not sure Dave....I've just only became familiar with this show within the last few years.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 I have friends that have gone over the years and the pictures that they have posted were unbelievable ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 These pictures are from years past, but it gives you an idea.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 If you have seen one car with the hood open you've seen them all IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip roitman Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) I coud not make it this year. I have been numerous times. This event is Known as "The Pebble Beach of Muscle Car Events". It is truly a must see event if you are into Muscle Cars. It gets better every year and that is hard to do. I had my cars there 4 times with a car being judged. (3 different cars) In 2017 My 1973 Harvest Gold Buick Century Gran Sport Stage1 Four speed won Concours Gold with 1000 out of 1000 points and also won the "Best Buick Judges Choice" Platinum Award. Had my mostly original SCO yellow 1973 Buick Gran Sport there 2 times. Once in 2013 for the "Class of 1973 Invitational where it also won a Concours Gold Award and a Pick Award from the Sloan Museum and Then in 2016 it was invited again for the "Sun Roof Invitational. Where it won another a Concours Gold Award with 986 Points out of 1000. Both of these cars are AACA Senior Grand National Cars. If you look up 1973 Buick Gran Sport on Google you will find videos of the cars. My Yellow one was the first "My Car Story" with Lou Costabile filmed at the event in 2013 (Funny Story), and then again for a longer version in 2016. Both photos are from the Greenbrier Concours. Gold car in 2020, Yellow car this year 2022. Edited December 12, 2022 by philip roitman (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip roitman Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, 1937hd45 said: If you have seen one car with the hood open you've seen them all IMO. Cars are asked to be shown same as at all Concours with Hood down. The variety and Quality of cars is amazing. Many many very special cars, etc. Here is a photo with me and Bobby Unser in 2016 Showing his Pikes Peak winning Ford Torino and a few other famous cars. I have posted a few albums on the AACA FaceBook page a few times with hundreds of photos. To each his own. Edited November 18, 2022 by philip roitman (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 Phil - didn't realize the yellow one was yours - beautiful ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Skelly Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 It started out as a rare Chevrolet and Corvette performance car show and then became what it is now. It's near O'Hare Airport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip roitman Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, STEVE POLLARD said: Phil - didn't realize the yellow one was yours - beautiful ! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted sweet Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 not same bloomington show 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted sweet Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 for me its wrong time of year, its winter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 I went last year and I’ll be there Sunday. I'm not a huge muscle fan, but the volume and quality of cars is impressive. All the stuff my buddies and I talked and dreamed about in high school is out in force. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Lots of interesting cars for those into muscle and corvettes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 My friend and AACA member, Don Bock had his '68 Chevrolet SS427 on displayed.... ( all oringinal, 17,000 mile car ) 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 38 minutes ago, STEVE POLLARD said: My friend and AACA member, Don Bock had his '68 Chevrolet SS427 on displayed.... ( all oringinal, 17,000 mile car ) 😍🥰🥵 For an Oldsmobile guy to get hot and bothered over a Chevrolet...😺 A 1968 lineup I'd love to see together: Z24 Impala (SS427) W33 Delta 88 428/4-speed Grand Prix Wildcat trimmed out as a GS (a car Buick should have built 🤨) You can add a Galaxie 500XL with a 428 and any 440 equipped full-size Mopar coupe if you like! Big, fast, sporty/luxurious cars with attitude. I dig them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avanti Bill Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Without question this show draws the best of the best in all forms of muscle cars. I had the Avanti there last year and enjoyed the interest people showed in the car. For some reason there is always a strong Studebaker presence I guess for their speed record efforts. Fun show and well organized but a tough time of year. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 38 minutes ago, Avanti Bill said: Without question this show draws the best of the best in all forms of muscle cars. I had the Avanti there last year and enjoyed the interest people showed in the car. For some reason there is always a strong Studebaker presence I guess for their speed record efforts. Fun show and well organized but a tough time of year. There was a strong showing of beautiful studebakers today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Skelly Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 16 hours ago, rocketraider said: 😍🥰🥵 For an Oldsmobile guy to get hot and bothered over a Chevrolet...😺 A 1968 lineup I'd love to see together: Z24 Impala (SS427) W33 Delta 88 428/4-speed Grand Prix Wildcat trimmed out as a GS (a car Buick should have built 🤨) You can add a Galaxie 500XL with a 428 and any 440 equipped full-size Mopar coupe if you like! Big, fast, sporty/luxurious cars with attitude. I dig them. Too bad the Wildcat and Grand Prix were ruined with fender skirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 A friend went and reported there were 4! Corvair station wagons!👍 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Frank DuVal said: A friend went and reported there were 4! Corvair station wagons!👍 this year. I scrapped two Corvair station wagons a few years ago. I could not even sell them for parts. Probably toasters now. One '61 & one '62. The '62 was a Windsor built car with the lowest known serial number at the time. I think it was something like 000201. Edited November 22, 2022 by Larry Schramm (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 9 hours ago, Jim Skelly said: Too bad the Wildcat and Grand Prix were ruined with fender skirts. I think the GP could be had with or without them. Those years Pontiac wheel arch mouldings were really well executed and Catalina pieces should work on the GP. Could probably put LeSabre rear wheel arch mouldings on a 68 Wildcat but the skirts make a 1968 Buick B look swoopy!😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Skelly Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Unfortunately, the '65-'68 GP (and Bonneville) came standard with skirts, which make them look heavy. Some have removed the skirts and put the Catalina 1/4 moldings on them, which makes them look better in my opinion. Our family had a '68 Wildcat 2-door hardtop. I thought I would put LeSabre 1/4 moldings on it if I ever bought another Wildcat from that year, but I'd rather have a '65 or '66 or '63. As with the Pontiacs, they look heavy and formal instead of sporty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I was there again this year, and I loved every minute of it. Tons of surprises there this year, with a number of 'one-offs', be it color combinations, et al. The "place to be" if one is into Muscle Cars! Craig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Not sure of the color name, but wow ! . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I knew a guy who worked for the Syracuse DPW that had a '71 442 W-30 convertible in the mid-late '70s. It was black & gold with the TH400. He used to run it on the 1/8 mile at Utica-Rome. I still wonder what ever happened to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 2 hours ago, STEVE POLLARD said: Not sure of the color name, but wow ! . If factory color, code 14 Silver Pewter for Chevrolet and Olds. Pontiac called it Revere Silver and Buick Silver Mist. If that's a genuine X-code convertible, it is a hella rare piece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Photos with the hood closed: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 No red front inner fenders? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 5 hours ago, EmTee said: No red front inner fenders? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 The black & gold '71 W-30 convertible that I knew as a teenager had red plastic front inner fenders. Is the champagne colored one above a '72? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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