AHHH this was a great weekend for fans of Cars and Sun. The show runs four days and starts thursday and ends sunday. My wife and I have atended this show for 5 years straight and this year left us with some mixed feelings.
--->Day one Saturday 4-10-10. &am. Buzzer goes off and I'm feeling great. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping and Wow, my wife's ready to go. If you've ever been to Charlotte you know that the place is a zoo as far as traffic goes. Knowing this we stay about 20 miles north of the city in a town called Mooresville. Its cute and they have plenty of "chain " stores and restaurants to keep you busy. That first morning all i could smell was Cracker barrel so we headed across the parking lot to the rustic eatery. If you've never been to a Cracker barrel it is an interesting place. First off looks like a barn but when you walk in they have tons of Junk everywhere like, lawn ornaments, aprons, cheap kid toys, candles, canned food and lots of over priced crap. They lead you to a room and ask " Smoking or non? " and seat you in a wobbly wood table surrounded with old farm tools on the walls. The Food was " OK" meaning i was not excited but not disappointed. After the " OK" breakfast we headed down to the track via back roads and i have to say that this is as much fun as the show sometimes. While driving down back roads in the south you can find just about any kind of car in a carport of out back of a house in the grass. We saw old ford trucks, Chevelles, Fairlanes and even seen a 60's comet for sale! We followed a low rider truck that I'm guessing was a Toyota but it was ragged out and looked like it was gonna fall apart. For some reason the rear axle was hopping down the road as if the rear wheels were drilled at home and were way off! Scary.
----As we pulled into the parking lot we spotted a nice mid 70's Elcamino and the blood started to pump.
----200 yards worth of walking and we were in the presence of beauty. The upper deck of the track where the vendors sell crappy food and the bathrooms during Nascar events are housed get filled with car clubs but usually "younger, odder" clubs. The low riders and imports were in full effect with an amazing full size GM duelie (kind of) on the ground and a 96 Honda hatchback with some strange Acura Motor swap that Ive never seen. We saw a couple Gran Torinos up there and some nasty looking Toyota Supra's.
----Down on the track and the cars meant business, The Comet east , southeast Ford, Gm performance, Mustang, and a bunch of other clubs were in full effect. There was also a ton of cars for sale out and around the track but prices were through the roof!
----The infield was busy with the sounds of people selling and haggling over old parts and stuff. The Swap meet here is huge.
----After wandering the infield for hours we headed outside the track to the overflow swap meet field and that was just as huge. I haggled a little over some " Hot rod Lincoln " parts and a set of headers that didn't fit anything but no sale.
----Six hours of walking and drooling we left with some sunburn and a small bag of fuel filters. I was a little disappointed in the lack of ford parts and the prices of used parts and cars.
----Day two for us was Sunday which was the last day for the event. The swap meet was pretty much empty buy noon but the cars were still in full effect even though the mood was somber.
----To cut this trip short, we at the best burgers at a place called The Penguin, stayed in an actual log cabin, ate a deep fried PBJ sandwich, climbed some crazy high waterfalls in the mountains, and had some Good Ol' Southern Fun.
---> Sun..Fun...Tons of Cars....what else do you need.
---->My favorite car of the show goes to........ I hate to admit this but i have no idea what make this car is. I'm not the best at identifying these older car but perhaps thats why i admire them soo much. This particular car caught my eye with its tail end. The bumper has been removed and replaced with some custom roll pan looking work. The frenched antenia, Lake pipes/fish tails, side skirts, pinstriping, shaved door handles, custom grill and not to mention the flathead under the hood.
-----> last but not least 5th. First gen Camaro pro street. Ive seen these in all the usual mags for most of my life but it still hits my soft spot when you see one up close in this form. It was a rat powered, lift off front end, wheelie bar, parachute, roll caged beast and I want one!