Please, everyone, buy the ticket and come to the show! Meaning the SHOW FIELD.
We have a dedicated "pop up" canopy and tables and chairs supplied to us, free of charge, on the showfield. We get this courtesy because we have, in the past, been well up among the LARGEST groups on the field at this show. I told the guy in charge that we were mustering up this year. Let's do it!
Yes, let's cruise around too—I'll be handing out maps and directions of a couple of stunning routes, one with a winery and the other with a brewery for lunch—but lets also all drive in and park on the grass for a while too. You never know what you're going to see or who you'll meet.
As most of you know, at the SHOWFIELD you will find a plethora of interesting veee-hicles, many home made, many others radically modded, some in the "old school" way and some other in the more contemporary style.
(The owner of this car explained that he bought it as an example of 1960s moral depravity, and drove it as a bit—and a cautionary tale to today's youths!)
It is not just the "fart can" crowd. The dune buggy guys make a showing, the some of the Porsche guys come. You see rows of old British iron. It's really fun for me to see the modern Suby guys get a load of the Sube jobs in our midst.
There are hundreds of interesting rides to check out just parked on the field...
to say nothing of the featured vehicles in the buildings.
My Spyder will be on display in Building T.
There is also a massive swap meet. I try to find at least an hour every year to browse the amazing array of old car parts and venders lined up behind the bleachers...
There is a small Auto-X track. The view is great from the hill above and for a few bucks you can run your car. @DannyP has done this a few times and some of my fellow TD guys have done it more than once. It's a hoot. They group you according to engine displacement and other stuff, per SCCA rules, and then time you and send the scores later so you can see who and what you beat or got trounced by.
There is food and beer and sody-pop. They station pretty young women all around and encourage you to get them to stamp your book, which puts you in the running for the raffle.
There is the low car limbo. The 2019 winner was home-made:
And of course there's all of us! Pull up a chair, sit in the shade and tell stories. Get some ice cream! It's good!
