Hey guys, I know this is a little early but I thought it would be cool if we could get a small group to this show and have some NECEG representation. Let me know if you guys would be interested. Obviously I'll hound you guys a bit more when the date draws nearer.

heres the semi official write up on it:
--------------------------------------------
Good Evening ladies and gentlemen. This Year's UCONN CAR CLUB CAR SHOW will be held on Sunday, April 9th 2006!!! Spread the word! Now I'm sure you're wondering, first, why we picked the 2nd week in april, and second, why we picked a sunday. The 3rd weekend in april, 15th/16th is Easter Weekend, and the 4th weekend in april is that special time of year that all car enthousiasts park at eastern. Our only option was the 2nd weekend. We originally wanted saturday, however that's Open House and UConn says they need W-Lot as an overflow lot for incoming families. So our ONLY option is Sunday. It's sunday or bust, come rain or come shine. Open house will be a Great time for us to promote the show! While incoming families are sitting in 195 traffic they can take a gander at a couple strategically placed road side banners and signs.

In all seriousness though, we have a lot of work to do before hand. Our goal is to break the 300 automotive attendance mark and strive for 500 cars this spring. We absolutely have the potential to host one of the largest spring shows in the region. For all of those who were not around since the begining, our first show was in the fall of '03 and on 3 to 4 days notice we were able to scrape together 50-60 cars. Come Spring of '04 with a 10-12 day notice we saw numbers approaching the 150 car mark. Spring of '05 brought in 250+ automobiles, thousands of spectators, and a couple super cars; Porsche GT2 and a Ferrari Testarossa.

The #1 reason for the numbers from last year relied heavily on early commitments of whole clubs months before the show. If I remember correctly, our club sign in sheet had 12-15 registered clubs in attendance.

FINAL CLASS LISTINGS!

1. Best Honda/Acura
2. Best Mitsubishi /DSM
3. Best Nissan
4. Best Toyota
5. Best Subaru
Best Import (Determined from groups 1-5)

6. Best Ford
7. Best GM
8. Best Mopar
Best Domestic (Determined from groups 6-Cool


9. Best BMW
10. Best Audi/VW
Best Euro (Determined from groups 9&10)

11. Best Other (Saab, Volvo, etc)

12. Best exotic (Porsche, Vipers, Ferrari etc)

13. Best Classic Pre 1960
14. Best Classic - 1960-1985

15. Best Truck
16. Best Off-Road Truck


Sleeper Award

Type R Award (aka. Ricer Award)

Best Team/Club Participation (club/team with most #�s wins)

Peoples Choice Award (Participants decide by ballot)

UC3 Choice Award (UC3 Officers pick)


See you there!
--------------------------------------------

wheres the bast Cadillac award?

I think they created these categories based on previous attendance. I know they said that if they feel something is awesome enough to get some type of recognition, then they'll run with it i.e. a sweet interior or something.

how bout best Hearse?

i could prolly fit most of the imports in the back with no problem.

that would be tits if you brought that thing!

Also, I don't know who here is in "the business" but there are vendor sign ups and whatnot. I think they are just asking for a donation to give away as a prize. I think a mobile dyno is also in the works but it's certainly not definite.

I would be interested in going

Sounds like a good time.

We will be in Maine that weekend with the family.

I'm down for that.

I'm might go also. Depends on the weather, that maybe a little early to pull her out of winter sleep .

heres some pics of last year's show:

http://www.pbase.com/radon220/ucshow04&page=all

http://community.webshots.com/album/135545905AVgOgk/0

Count me in!

Nice online photo albums... where are the classic Fords on the showfield?

Thanks for the more-than-timely heads-up. April 9 is the day after I get back from a 5-week stint in Seattle, WA. Hopefully I can get my T-bird revived from hibernation -- going to/from UConn would be a great way to get rid of some old gas.

So the show is next week starting at 10am. Any definites? Here is a layout of how it will go down. The long road on the right is 195 which goes through uconn.

planning on it, Contour came up to Enfield yesterday, just need to clean it up some Saturday and should be good to go as long as the weather holds.

is this rain or shine?

since I can't edit my last post ...


do the people that are going want to meet up somewhere else a few minutes before 10 then head to the show together so that we all enter together and park together?

wow!
that came up quick!
i will have to get the cars outta the garage.
the hearse wont be going...its not even registered yet.

so whats the dealio fo rthis?
whos going?
and are we meeting somewhere or just showing up when we get there?

Originally posted by Count Chockula:

---

so whats the dealio fo rthis?
whos going?
and are we meeting somewhere or just showing up when we get there?

---

mike take mee