Garlits Show Pics

[Troy]

After 29 hours of driving over four and a half days I finally managed to post a few pics. I had a great time at the show and got to meet several members. I even picked up a few new parts - and a sunburn. I could almost get used to 80 degree weather in November...

More pictures here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v375/switchstancebrdr/Garlits/2006/

















Troy

[Brock Samson]

Nice, Thanks. send me your address so i can get these newspapers off to ya'.. 

[firefighter3931]

Excellent pics Troy, thanks for posting them ! Hope you got some fender tag pics for the registry boys 


Ron

[tecmopar]

Hey Troy, that sucks that we couldn't hook up. I was there on Saturday but didn't have your cell #. It was a pretty good show though. Sunday is usually the "Wine and Cheese" crowd so I don't go. Hope we'll talk soon.

Tom C.

[Steve P.]

Yes it was a good show and I am also glad to have met you guys there. Troy, I'm glad your pics. all came out good. I lost about half of mine for some unknown reason..  

Tac, you should have looked for the Cordoba. My cell number was on the 4-sale sign.

Oh well, next year....   

Hey Trav, where did you find the second score??

[Rubberduck]

Thanks a lot for sharing these nice pics.
It would be a dream to have such a show over here in Germany.


Mario

[Shakey]

Looks like a decent show with many cool cars.   

[69charger2002]

sweet pics. it doesn't show half the grief he went through to get them.. there is ALWAYS someone that walks right in front of the car when you get ready to take a pic, never fails. anyway it was good to meet you guys there. steve, the second score came from near panama city, right off the main highway that goes to it off I-10
trav

[ChargerSG]

Great pics, thanks for sharing. Wish i had that Novemberweather here

[kneedragger]

Thanks for posting the good pics. I forgot my camera.

Certainly was a little bit of everything out there. A lot of very nice b-bodies.

[RIDELIKEHELL]

Thx TROY for posting those Some really sweet Cars..wish I wasn't in the 40 degree North & got a sunburn

Also this is the first car posted in the pics??/

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-CONCOURSE-QUALITY-DODGE-CHARGER-RESTO-MOD_W0QQitemZ190049370676QQihZ009QQcategoryZ6199QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[BigBlockSam]

did any of you guys ever meet Garlits . i did and he treated me like shit. i went to English town raceway park for an oldies drag race. i had my 39 plymouth coupe with me. i took 2nd in my class but had been having a bad overheating problem. the nose on 39's are very narrow. not much room for a radiator. i knew Garlits had a 39 and wanted to get his advice on my problem. i stood on line with everybody else that wanted his autograph. when it was my turn  i complimented his 39 that was sitting behind him . then explained my problem to him. he looked at me and said , thats to bad my car doesn't have that problem. got up and went into his trailer. i was there cause i respected his opinion . guess what, i don't any more. Rene

[Steve P.]

Rene, that is more the common kind of treatment from him than not. A few years ago I heard him chewing on someones ass that had a question for him. Same same..  Last year he was running around threatening to end shows at his place as the vendors were all pissed off and raising hell. Since Garlits let a CELL COMPANY build a huge tower in his vendors area, it has been a nightmare finding truck/trailer parking. Car corral over flow used to go right were the tower is. Gates were open to vendors and parkers.

I noticed this year the OLD PARTS vendors didn't come or at least didn't bring the quarter cars and half cars and clips they used to.

I spoke with one of the guys from the mopar club that sets it up every year and he tried hard not to pin much attitude on Garlits. By the end of the first sentence he was telling me that they ARE looking for a new place for the future. Gainsville or Tampa. Either place would be a bigger grounds with better parking.  I'm hoping it will be in Tampa myself. That would make it real close for me. About 25 miles.. The problem with Gainsville is that there is another show around the same time in Georgia. That would put the two a little close.

On the flip side, I spoke with GArlits in the car corral this year. He was milling around and said something about my car. I asked him if he wanted to buy it.. He laughed a bit and said,(Naah, It would make me look too old)...   Somehow I can't see Big Daddy Don Garlits driving a 1976 Cordoba either... 

As far as the vendors go, this year they all seamed to be pretty happy. All except the ones they turned away on Saturday in the late morning. They were full and were not about to make last years mistake with putting vendors out on US. 75...    Smart Move..

[HITMAN 149]

hey guys....
that first pic...the 68 charger is back on ebay (about the 3rd time!!) LOL asking buy it now....$69K!!!! wow!!! unbelievable car though.....
looks like you could eat off it?!?!?!?

[charge-it]

I was there and got meet lilwendle. Here`s a few pics of his 68.

[chargerrt]

I was gonna go to that show this year and decided not to because of not really being able to afford to drvie the Charger down there.  I regret not going
Thanks for the pics!

[charge-it]

I`m running short on time for today but I`ll post more Charger pics later this week.

[Steve P.]

Damn, who else was at the show that I didn't meet??


I met

Troy   = Troy

Travis = 69charger2002

Bill Allphin = GTX6970

Thom = CarrNutt

          = lilwendle

Someone else too. Just can't put a name with the face.... 

Sorry guys, I have a lousy memory for names.

[tan top]

look like to have been a good show ,  awesome pictures (Troy) thanks for posting

[Spike]

Dang Troy is there a show you don't go to?
Thanks for the pics, with all the drab weather it's nice to see some sunshine somewhere..............

[4402tuff4u]

Nice pic's Troy!! That first tubbed 68 bronze Charger has been in ebay several times(if it's the same I've been looking at). The owner was at Carlisle this past year. The restoration in that 68 is awesome. To bad it's tubbed!

[Mefirst]

Thanks for the pitcures

/Tom

[Charger_Croatia]

Thanks for sharing those pictures Troy. 

[Charger_Fan]

Great looking cars there, thanks for sharing the pics! :sheers:

[70Rcharger]

Damn, who else was at the show that I didn't meet??


I met

Troy   = Troy

Travis = 69charger2002

Bill Allphin = GTX6970

Thom = CarrNutt

          = lilwendle

Someone else too. Just can't put a name with the face.... 

Sorry guys, I have a lousy memory for names.

You met me, Bill with the blue 70 charger

[Steve P.]

Bill, do you own the 70' B-3 Hemi ??

Please excuse me. I have a world class rotten memory and I am about half deef...  Other than that I can find my way home at night...   

[69charger2002]

that B-3 blue 70 was so awesome. i stared at that car for a FEW minutes.. just sweet

[Steve P.]

I couldn't PRY Troy away from it...  Most of the time he was looking at it he was trying to HIDE something with his hat and couldn't take any pics.. 

[Goldfinger71]

Thanks for the pics!
That looks like John's (JohnnyBee)Sassy 71 Bee...If that one is his I wonder if he also took his yellow one ..Does anyone know?

[TNT300]

After 29 hours of driving over four and a half days

I don't seem to remember you driving any at all.,,,,,,,,,,,mostly slept

Yea it's me

[70Rcharger]

I couldn't PRY Troy away from it...  Most of the time he was looking at it he was trying to HIDE something with his hat and couldn't take any pics.. 

Must be the reason he got a sunburn   Glad I was able to meet you guys

[Steve P.]

Hell,,, he wasn't the only one that got a good cookin!! I live here and know better than to be out there without a huge hat.. I just saved the back of my neck..  It seems that this is the only time of the year I get cooked. Well,,, Vegas in March too!!  That's my next big show. MOPARS AT THE STRIP BABY........... 

[Troy]

Ron, as Travis mentioned, just getting pictures of the cars was a royal pain so I didn't get too many tag pics. I did catch Galen sneaking a pic of the fender tag on Bill's 70. I'm sure Chris already has the info on that one though.

Sorry Tom! I swear I thought you said you were going both days. I guess now I have to make another trip to Florida. Darn bad luck... The crowds are definitely different between Saturday and Sunday but the show is smaller than what I'm used to so I'm glad the cars were different each day. I could probably take my time and still go throgh them all in 3 hours. Our local cruise-in is larger.

Yes RIDELIKEHELL, I believe that 68 is the same one on eBay. It looks like it was just finished. One of my cars is supposed to be bronze and it's tough to find another. Whenever I do I have to take a ton of pictures so I can see how the paint will turn out.

Spike, I hadn't planned on going to this one but Bill convinced me. I have certainly gone to a lot of shows this year. I think I'll have to cut down on that next year because it gets expensive.

Troy

[69_500]

Ah man now I'm disapointed that I see 3 pictures of different 500's and hear Troy say he didn't get any photo's of the fender tag's.

I know of the F5 green 500. I just talked to the owner of that car on the phone about an hour ago. The other 2, slip my mind.