What great memories.
I think you need to start at the 1983 Nats before I became a regular attender.
A few observations:
1. Everyone looks like they came off the set of 'Wedding Singer'. Hilarious.
2. I don't see all the trailers that carried the cars to the shows...they must have all been hidden.
3. People actually drove their cars to shows; rare cars at that. Some raced them, then drove home.
4. The hotels allowed everyone to stay at the same place. Now Hotels limit group sizes (it seems) so you miss the parking lot shows.
5. All criticisms aside: If the Mopar Nationals hadn't started when they did, when these cars were just old used cars sitting in garages, there would be far fewer of them around today.

Does anyone have pictures from the Hemi Nationals in Lexington, Kentucky (?) in 1984 (I believe)?