Since the Mopar Alley club doesn't seem to want to promote their own show, I will. Here is the flyer for the show that is happening a week from this Sunday. I'll be there with my Belvedere.

We should be out in the swap meet.

I agree with the OP. The club acts as if they don't care if anyone comes to the show or not. There has been Jack Squat for promotion for this show.

I used to attend when it was at Ohlone College. Not been since it changed venues .

+ ever since a NON - T/A won the AAR / T/A class award several years ago because he was a "club member"

Me too....even drove a '65 Polara that was a give-away car to one of those early Ohlone College shows. I was a club member at the time and didn't have a car of my own.
I wish it wasn't on a Sunday

Seems ole Stu did a lot of promoting of that club and their show. Since he left us seems you never hear a peep from them.

For all the smart people in the Bay Area they sure are married to the idea of having their shows at a college campus where SUNDAY shows don't interfere with Mon-Sat curriculum. There are numerous sites in a 50 mile radius where they could hold a show.
Ohlone was a simpler venue but the college staff did a poor job of maintaining the grounds. Tree branches and leaves everywhere, Pine needles and bark all over the place, etc. DeAnza is clean but the solar equipment in the "show field" makes for terrible pictures.
I've almost always preferred a show on grass anyway. The Inland Valley Mopars club in Southern CA used a beautiful venue in 2021 and this year...the Union Carpenters apprenticeship facility. Excellent place....well maintained green grass, some trees and plenty of parking. Places like that surely exist between San Jose and Fremont.

To add, the tradition that I am familiar with is that the members of the club that are hosting the show are NOT allowed to enter their own cars in a judged competition unless the show has "Participant judging".
I never liked that style of judging though. Some clubs do it because they can't find enough club members to do the judging. Some clubs do it because they are lazy.

I’m conflicted about the solar panels. I hate them because they destroyed the venue for the annual Duel at DeAnza autocross. Eliminating a great annual automotive event in the name of environmentalism makes my blood boil. But, for car show venue, I love the shade because I hate cooking myself in the sun.

I do agree that grass is way better for a car show, but grass is soon to be a thing of the past around here, again in the name of environmentalism.

Uhh I think you meant in the name of profits By the way I bailed out of SMOG JOSE in 1994

Doesn't stop Chrysler Performance West (the Flings) from members entering and winning...

I haven't had a car in the Mopar Alley show in years, but I recall it being participant voted.

Both systems have their own set of problems related to playing favorites, but it's not why I go to shows anyway.

Participant judging takes the pressure off of the club because they don't have to find club members willing to do the work. To me, the drawback is that you now have to rely on the judging ability of random car owners that may or may not care enough to walk the field and fairly judge every class. You get half assed judging as a result. You also get some horse trading and back scratching between participants. In our club, when we USED to do the judging, we had instruction from the "Judging Chairman" on how to properly judge a car. EVERY class got adequate attention so nobody would feel slighted. t wasn't perfect but it was the best system at hand. Against my urging to the contrary, the club switched to an outside FORD club to do our judging. I find this a bad idea. The Ford guys don't know the intricacies of stock Mopars.
I'm glad that Mopar Alley went ahead with the show this year. They wimped out last year using the same crappy excuse that every club, store or business uses when their heart isn't in it....[i][....Due to Covid 19. ..../i]

Great show even after a 2 year ban by the covid cootie's scare. Large swap attendance, lots of cars and I have seen soo man friends from over 30 years of mopars that from 7am to 1pm that i would have thought it was like a convention of the nicest people in the bay area that showed. Best time I've had in years!

I'm not sure whether someone from the club will be posting pics, but here are a few from the show this past weekend. Weather was actually pretty nice compared to other times in the South Bay. There was enough of the Bay Area "June Gloom" to back off some of the heat, but it was still warm enough to be pleasant.

A lot of cool cars showed up. There were also a few vendors, including "Mopar Ed" from Madera. Enjoy!

More pics.

And more.

Final few pics. Forgot to say I also shot video in the swap meet area. The highlight was footage of Miguel eating a plate full of stuff from the snack bar.


Kidding Miguel, just kidding!

Wound up having to miss it. Woke up Sunday morning (we were staying at the Larkspur Landing in Sunnyvale) with a high fever. Got some more sleep, fever broke, so we headed back home around 9am. First job, Covid test. Positive. I had picked it up in the ER Friday morning where I had gone with a bad gallbladder attack. Back top ER yesterday, EARLY (about 1am) with another gallbladder attack. Had surgery and made it home around 4pm. Feeling much better. Worst (or best) thing is that the Covid has been VERY mild. Now to recover from everything.

Get well soon Jim !

Wow, sorry to hear on both, but glad you got in early on the Covid, as those who don't have a much longer recovery.
Out of curiosity had you gotten both vac's ? My brother and his wife did not and they both got it. He got it first, and she had symptoms but they didn't / wouldn't test her. He recovered quickly about 90% in a week, she's at about 75% after 6 weeks

Nope, no vax. My wife can't have it and I took the risk on the disease for which there are treatments vs. side effect to the vax for which there are no treatments. This decision was made after a consultation with my doctor. Every doctor and nurse that asked me at the hospital had nothing to say when I said no to the question. This was after my first thought of let others be the guinea pig and observing and reading.

Covid symptoms are virtually gone now after four days. The only pain from the surgery is the one little incision where they removed the gallbladder. Otherwise I'm feeling pretty good.

Dang Jim, no wonder I didn't see you at the show. Bummed you got the double whammy. Get better, get some rest, drink your juice and build up your enthusiasm for the next event.

Hey Jim. Sorry to hear you got sick. I bought some '71 B-body stuff from you a long time ago, but I'm sure you don't remember me because it was back when you could still find some stuff at the local Pick and Pull.

Gil who was the club photographer retired completely, sold his hemi mopar and moved out of the area. The guy wo owns the club online site has control of the publishing, has not posted anything due to a server issue of some sort. Thank you for posting pics of what cars you had, it was very nice of you. Sadly, we need more volunteers for the club. in the last 30 years, 18 senior members passed away, 25 got out of california and another 7 out due to medical, leaving 10 persons to work the show. I expect changes to next ears car show event.

Herd Immunity

This surprises me. The Bay area has a LOT more people than the Sacramento area has so I would expect to see you guys have more members than we have. I have been a member of the Capital City Mopars since 2003. We have had a few pass away but far more just drop out of the club as their interests change. Ten people to staff the show? Holy crap....we'd be buried and yelled at by everyone if that is all we had!

Yes, there are more people in the Bay Area, but the majority of them are only interested in money, their cell phones, Teslas and themselves.

BTW, Jim, glad to hear you're on the mend.

Yeah, that occurred to me, but I felt like crap and being out in the sun would have made me feel worse. At that point taking the 2-1/2 drive home was all I could muster.