The display was completely roped off, the cars were bumper to bumper so nobody could walk down the middle. Is this the new way the cars are displayed??

I noticed that also.

That started last year probably due to Covid distancing.
I actually prefer it! It's very frustrating trying to make it through to see the cars as people are hanging out socializing right in the middle of the aisle, or worse, someone is pulling a giant parts cart through with them! Scooters running through is a tight squeeze as well!

Screw that...You'd get just as good of a view of a car in a magazine as you would with the cars far behind ropes. What is the point of displaying a car if you need a telescope to see it?

Most of the guys want to ogle the VIN/fender tags, paint daubs, goop drips, chalk marks and other assorted grease and grime marks a survivor offers..... must of been a lot of hissy fits if the cars were roped off and free of gropers

Unfortunately "some" survivors even get pigged up to look a nicer shade of survivor. But its hard to keep ahead of the internet, so that good.

I did see one pic that looked like they were parked more for storage then show.