WHO'S GOING TO THE SHOW ???

[Steve P.]

The Don Garlits 18th annual mopar show in Ocala, Florida is this coming weekend. November 5-6.. It's a great show and the museum is allways open also.. The weather man promisses that we will have great weather all week and right through the weekend..

So WHO'S GOING ?? ?? ?? ??     Saturday or Sunday or both??

I'm not sure which day I'll be there yet myself, but I would certainly love to meet as many of you as possible..

http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/floridamopars/flyer.cfm

[XS29J8]

I plan on going Sat & Sun but Wilma has thrown a wrench in the works. So may be there, may not.

Plan on meeting up at Greg Zelenski's tent MagnumHP at 2PM Saturday with several of the Moparts gang.

Hope to see any and all who can make it!

Steve

[41husk]

sounds like fun but a little far away!

[Steve P.]

I'm stunned!!!!  A few weeks ago many people were talking about this show and now no ones going???   What gives???  Just cause Tampa played like a bunch of wet diapered babies doesn't mean we can't go have some fun!!  :icon_smile_big:LOL...

[69charger2002]

i will go if someone offers to pay my hotel.  
i went last year it was great

trav

[Steve P.]

Hey Trav, Who paid for the hotel last year??   Hehehe......

[69charger2002]

i did of course.. but at least i got a 69 charger while i was there.. in daytona beach that is. bought a charger decklid and tons of slots at that show, i remember
trav

[Steve P.]

So are ya commin this year or what??

[69charger2002]

i REALLY want to. but i don't even know if i can get a cheap hotel now.... or one at all actually? any idea?
trav

[Steve P.]

I would do a MAP QUEST and see what hotels come up in the area..  I would offer you a place here but I have people here now..

[ChgrSteve67]

Sorry, its a little to far for me.

http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ahXX=&1y=US&1a=&1c=elk+grove&1s=ca&1z=95758&2ahXX=&2y=US&2a=13700+Sw+16th+Ave&2c=Ocala&2s=FL&2z=34473-3970

Maybe someday.

[flashley18]

We are goin, I just wish the car was done to where we could take it.

[Steve P.]

Saturday or Sunday??

[Steve P.]

I just came back home from the show and it SUCKED..........

[69charger2002]

tell me about it steve. i wanted to be there. mainly for swap meet. what sucked about it? worse than last year?
details
trav

[Steve P.]

I'm so pissed off I can't really put it into words.. If you have not been to the Garlits show I can't really describe the grounds to all of you. What I can tell you is this, I entered the parking lot at 10:00 AM. I had my Handicap thingy hanging from my mirror. Staff pointed me toward a very nice spot right up in front very close to the entrance gate at the cell phone tower. (For those of you who have been there). All around me are cars for sale. (WOW) The (AUTO CORRAL) is huge this year!! It was.. The most cars I have ever seen at a single show.. Pisser was that I didn't get to see them all. (More on that later).

So the 4 of us jump out of the truck, (2002 FORD parked amongst 30 to 60 mopars 4-sale), grabthe camera and some drinks and it's off to buy some goodies..

Vendor row is in the normal place, close to the parking lot, but it's a mess.. Normally closest to the gate you would find Mopar Muscle mag and Mopar Action along with Mopar Collectors Guide. NOPE,,, not this year. Guide was sort of close but Muscle was a few rows back and rather hidden and Action did NOT even bother after last years fiasco..     Ok, that's not a big deal,right?? So I am looking through some goodie boxes and talking to some vendors. I make a few deals. Now I start to notice that some of the vendors are full of attitude.. One after another..

I make my way up and down row 1 and 2 and then off to the truck to empty my arms into the truck. As I am closing the tailgate I look through the fence to see that there are MORE vendors in another area of the grounds. (The area of the cell tower, for those who know the place).   Now,,, how the hell do I get in there???   After about a five minute walk I find the   ( 1 ) gate to get in. By now it's a little after noon and I have looked at some cars in the corral also. (Forgot to mention that). The first vendor I spoke with was a very nice women from Georgia that had many parts for 65' Coronets.. My kind of woman!! I told her that I didn't even know they were in this area this year, that had I not parked where I did and been putting parts in   my truck I would have never known. Well, her husband was walking around the back of their trailer at that time and said, ( IF YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE YESTERDAY. THEY HAD VENDORS SET UP IN FRONT OF THE MAIN BUILDINGS)!!!!!!.      Now for those of you who have NOT been there I can tell you that setting up out there would be like getting a vasectomy by your X-wife..

By 1:PM ALL the vendors were packing up and leaving. The vendors that were set up out front on Saturday DID NOT come back on Sunday and told DON GARLITS that they would NEVER COME BACK AGAIN..   Mopar Action is only 1 hour away and they didn't come.. R/T Specialties came from Pa. for this crappy show.. I spoke to a husband and wife team,(I don't know what they were selling as they were allready packed up), that head up a Cruz-in in Ocala, (the show is in Ocala), and they said they only live 4 miles away and they won't bother ever again. Said they talked to the staff till they were totally pissed off and the staff said (ALL DON CARES ABOUT IS THE CAR SHOW PERIOD).....

Man,, I have to quit.. I'm getting all pissed off all over again.... I look forward to this show all f___ing year long   and drive all the way up there and back just for that crap!!!   Every vendor said the same thing. Lousy location, no advertising, no one knew where they were suppose to set up when they arrived.. Nothing but a nightmare...

Sorry guys and gals...        End of rant...   You just can't know how pissed off I am...............