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I guess it's an O.K. show...... if you define &quot;O.K.&quot; as the <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-size: 26pt">BEST </span></span></span></span>Muscle Car show on earth!!!! Stand by to be saturated and overwhelmed by the best examples of all things muscle cars (I guess Corvettes too [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] ). Pace yourself, keep well hydrated, have fun!!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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I hope so. I'd like to meet some of you at the show.

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FWIW, an &quot;okay' three-wire in Navy parlance is the top score for an aviator trapping his aircraft on the flight deck of a aircraft carrier! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

Re: Advice for a MCACN rookie
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69hurstSC</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: goernie28</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm planning to make my first pilgrimage to the Nationals this year. I already have a hotel booked. What else do I need to know? Secret handshake? Is a day enough to see everything? What about practicalities like food at the site? </div></div>

Maybe the only drawback you'll have is eating convention center food. However, there are a myriad of restaurants in walking distance.

Is the Yenko.net name tag system still in play? </div></div>

I dunno..the Expoteria which is attached to the &quot;big&quot; room at the very back, (behind the South Oak Chrysler/Dodge trailer) has excellent food and they change their specials daily. Actual home style meals and the prices aren't too bad, especially considering it is a major city convention center. They also have breakfast specials.

Bashton

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They also have plenty of seating back there if you want to take a break.

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If you can stay late on Sunday while the cars are moving out. It is something to see and hear. It is a great show. All day both days is best. I have a room but I am still working toward getting time off work but I hope to be there. You won't be disappointed.

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Thanks everyone. I'm really getting excited. The way the schedule and the budget are working out, I'll only have Saturday at the show, but I should be there all day. It sounds like it's going to be a great time.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: goernie28</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks everyone. I'm really getting excited. The way the schedule and the budget are working out, I'll only have Saturday at the show, but I should be there all day. It sounds like it's going to be a great time. </div></div>

Do your best to be there when the show opens to catch the Official Unveilings. The lineup this year is pretty incredibly amazingly awesome to say the least, regardless of what brand you lean toward.

Bashton

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I had a great time. I caught a couple of the unveilings, namely the black Cougar Eliminator Boss 302. My wife and I spent the day there, and had a few conversations with some very cool people. The cars were fantastic, and there were several I'd never seen before. Biggest lesson from the inaugural trip: NEVER take I-94 through Chicago on Friday afternoon. Otherwise, it was a fantastic show and I hope to return next year.

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It was an amazing show, as great as my expectations were, it exceeded them. Not only were the cars, features, displays and vendors amazing, one of the best parts for me, was meeting people in person that I only knew on-line before; and I met a bunch of them through SYC, 2DoorPost, SS427 and Studebaker Drivers Club. It was not an insignificant journey from the West Coast, but well worth it. I will be back, if not next year, surely in 2018 for the Class of '68

Well done Bob Ashton and crew.

Pat