sixpkrt
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Now that our annual show has come & gone, I’d like to thank everybody for making it out to the Illinois Railway Museum over the weekend for the 5th annual C Body Show.
The registrations for the event were still being received up until the day before the show when the final two cars signed up; 2 1970 Chrysler 300 convertibles. I had been watching the weather all week and thought it was going to be a total wash out, but near the time the rain had moved out around 11am, there were 22 C bodies that had arrived. I know everyone was just as happy as I was when it had finally stopped raining.
When I got there in the morning, two of the attendees who had driven the #1 & #2 furthest distance to the show, @HWYCRZR and @Stanj , arrived shortly afterwards. Both chipped in to help me & my daughter put up the registration tents and tables. My daughter was behind the wheel of the 69 Imperial this weekend to & from the show. It was her first time behind the wheel of this car, but I trust her driving and also know she likes driving these big ole’ cars as much as I do.
The parking location change made by the IRM a few days before the show, actually worked out better for our group. Not only was there easier access for us to enter and leave the show, the area would have easily been able to handle the 50 cars as seen in Post #167 by @King Hooter. Had the weather not kept so many away, this would’ve been our largest C Body show event to date.
The management from Illinois Railway Museum has been great to work with and were very accommodating, making sure their employees helped with the logistics on Saturday. Later in the day the president of the IRM drove over in a golf cart to ask if all went well, and graciously mentioned we would be welcomed back next year if we liked. Without hesitation, I said we would be glad to be their guest for our car show next year. (Posting for the next show date in 2022 in be in January)
Again, I’d like thank everyone for keeping this annual tradition going, and for the support given annually to keep our little show alive and growing.
I took a bunch of pics in no particular order, beginning with the day before when Marty stopped over at the shop….
The registrations for the event were still being received up until the day before the show when the final two cars signed up; 2 1970 Chrysler 300 convertibles. I had been watching the weather all week and thought it was going to be a total wash out, but near the time the rain had moved out around 11am, there were 22 C bodies that had arrived. I know everyone was just as happy as I was when it had finally stopped raining.
When I got there in the morning, two of the attendees who had driven the #1 & #2 furthest distance to the show, @HWYCRZR and @Stanj , arrived shortly afterwards. Both chipped in to help me & my daughter put up the registration tents and tables. My daughter was behind the wheel of the 69 Imperial this weekend to & from the show. It was her first time behind the wheel of this car, but I trust her driving and also know she likes driving these big ole’ cars as much as I do.
The parking location change made by the IRM a few days before the show, actually worked out better for our group. Not only was there easier access for us to enter and leave the show, the area would have easily been able to handle the 50 cars as seen in Post #167 by @King Hooter. Had the weather not kept so many away, this would’ve been our largest C Body show event to date.
The management from Illinois Railway Museum has been great to work with and were very accommodating, making sure their employees helped with the logistics on Saturday. Later in the day the president of the IRM drove over in a golf cart to ask if all went well, and graciously mentioned we would be welcomed back next year if we liked. Without hesitation, I said we would be glad to be their guest for our car show next year. (Posting for the next show date in 2022 in be in January)
Again, I’d like thank everyone for keeping this annual tradition going, and for the support given annually to keep our little show alive and growing.
I took a bunch of pics in no particular order, beginning with the day before when Marty stopped over at the shop….
