Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
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What time of the day?What would u like to see?What do you like and not like about car shows?
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Re: Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
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At the few car shows I have attended; I found the effort by the promoters to service the attendees rather lacking. It also seems to me that for a while the age demographic has risen, no surprise there. But that being said, why are bathrooms so distance, why is there few if any places to sit and rest, why is there so little shade, why no fans or misters in above areas. How about rental wagons to haul your swap meet finds, Be nice to have some standardized listing available at every vendor location of what stuff they are selling, to save everyone's time. None of this may apply to you starting out, but if any of the big hitters are reading this, please take note. I also wonder are there car show options for displaying an owners collection all together in one spot, vs spread out every which way by year model make?
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Re: Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
[Re: Neil]
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Re: Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
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SHADE! And grass rather than asphalt would be a nice touch.
Really hard to spend an afternoon on hot asphalt in the sun. At least for this old guy.
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Re: Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
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I agree with the above posts about no loud blaring 50's music you cant hear over. A large tent with tables and chairs near the food truck is plus. Find the local auto parts stores to sponsor prizes or goody bags for judged show entries. Gus
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Re: Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
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If the show ends up primarily musclecars as most mopar shows do.... what's the point in a stream of Big Bopper era music?
A mix of Classic Rock and almost anything 80s/90s Gen X era (could be pop, hard rock something or other or even a punk tune here and there) is far more appropriate than "splish splash I was taking a bath".
As great as all that was, It's played out, all car shows have the same stuff... but sadly most of the folks who relate to the 50s material don't even have cars anymore.
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Re: Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
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having the experience of organizing a show for our local yearly festival, i know all too well what a SERIOUS JOB this can be ! i did this in 1989, 90, and 91, way before "Al" [not Artificial Intelligence, but Albert G. - and most of you know who i am referring to, ] "invented" the internet........ tons of hours invested, and the results were 125 vehicles the first year, 375 the second, and over 425 the last year. i allowed anything on wheels that moved under it's own power to be displayed, and i took over this project because the board that puts on this festival had no clue how to do a successful show, and it was ready to disappear into the dust bin of history. as this was before the internet, i had tons of fliers printed, and recruited an army of friends to distribute them all over several states when they attended shows, and had them post the fliers at their local watering holes and stores they frequented that would allow poster display. i also spent many, many, and many, hours writing letters to EVERY magazine that was published at the time, that listed show schedules. then it was "mooch time" for giveaways to entice vehicle attendance, and i contacted all kinds of companies that advertised in all the magazines, plus local businesses, for door prizes. i was able to give away 3 engines, a mopar 360, a ford 302, and a chevy 350, several [rebuilt] transmissions [of the winners choice, his favored make], tires in sets of two and four, oil and filters plus complete free oil change coupons, tools, magazine subscriptions, cleaning supplies, etc. a modest entry fee was charged, but every entry received a goodie bag that contained a large amount of USEFUL trinkets, not like the bags of today that only contain show fliers and MAYBE an ink pen and refrigerator magnet, plus a door prize ticket. i made sure i had enough door prizes so that every participant received something semi-useful, then those tickets were tossed into a big, see through, rolling drum [you know the kind i'm refering to] to be mixed up for the "grand" prizes, of which i would pick a random child to reach in and grab the winning ticket[s]. as for trophies, the local sports shop helped me out with these, and i got the local Fraternity Order of Eagles, my buddy's beer store, and the local auto parts to be the main sponsors of these shows. any funds left over were donated to local charities, then i started from scratch for the next year's show. this ended up being a second full time job, taking hours and hours from one year to the next. then politics entered the picture.......... the festival board saw how much money i had donated over those three years, and thought the festival should have a "cut" of those funds.............. when that happened, i quit ! the next year, the show almost disappeared with less than 50 vehicles showing....... over the many years since, cruise in style shows have followed, and the local festival has somewhat bounced back, [with a change of board members several times since] so these years, an average of around 75-100 vehicles enter yearly. trophies are handed out in several classes, and all in all, it's a lot more laid back and a more enjoyable show now. i have been asked repeatedly over the years since, if i would help out, but i respectfully decline, as i don't want to go through the politics of it again. i also have many people come up to me and say : "your shows were MUCH better !" and although i could "say things", i just tell them thank you, and move on. this is just my personal life experience putting on three car shows a long time ago. your mileage will vary..............
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Re: Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
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No newer Challengers, newer Chargers, newer Mustangs, newer Corvettes. My God, what's with all the newer C6,C7 and C8 Corvettes? They are like 25% of the shows anymore.
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Re: Planing a Mopar car show for 2025 what would u like to see?
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My wife and i appreciate everyone's ideas and support my hearts in putting a mopar only show on..My body not so much .had a reminder yesterday and between dealing with different certificates..fire marshall,dept of health,bathrooms etc.and not being able to get the park I want..and the BS..We won't be able to put on a mopar show.But maybe someone will run with these great ideas and put on thier own show. John and Ellie
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OWNER OF EVERYTHING FROM 1956 300 B,IMPERIAL,NEW YORKER HEMIS,AND NEW HEMI TRUCKS.....5TH GENRAMS.COM... 1969/70 ROADRUNNERS ,DARTS/CORONETS, NORTHEAST HEMI OWNERS ASSOCIATION.....WWW.PHANTASMCUDAS.COM....MOPAR FAMILY FOR 50 YEARS AND STILL GOING!MOPAR OWNER COAST TO COAST!!!!
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