Event Coverage Cow Palace Show Sucked

How Bad was the Show today, I didn't take one picture Looked forward to seeing all the RODZ and nothing. May be the last time for me going to this car show if you want to call IT a "CAR SHOW". SEE in Santa Maria...

 

were there at least some nice looking cows?

did it used to be a good show at one time?

 

It used to be a good show, has gone down hill for the last couple of yrs.

 

Yea it use to be Ask at the door what happened to the other building they said the FIRE DEPT Said it was a fire hazard.
As far as COWS just a bunch of BULL.
They did do a little something down the street looked like everybody was having a GOOD TIME. What a RIP OFF

 

cool to see Kirk's "may cause dangerous" and the Gallagher's oil farm Tbird. Yeah the show was pretty weak this year. Seemed as though there were about half the people as last year. Seemed geared to the OCC fan club crowd.

 

Yea it sucked ass. The only two cars i thought were tits was james hetfield's 37 and the 57 lincoln capri (Mucha muchacha). I hope i got the years right. I thought it was completly boring. If wasnt for the $7.50 beers i dont know what i would had done with my self.

 

how about this pos on the main floor

 

Holy shit that is the ugliest p.o.s. I have ever seen, please make it go away.

 

i liked this

 

Holy shit that A is bitchin'

 

you didn't like this one

 

The local World of Wheels advertised that they were going to display BRAND NEW CARS.

I am not going to pay my money to see NEW cars! that no one wants to buy--haha

I didnt go

 

this was out side waitihg to come in

 

i heard that the show was going to suck . a friend told me that ther where not going to have a lot of old rods there.so i did not wast my money .

 

yeah there was a big car show down the street at the 7 mile culb

 

THAT IS SOME BUCK ROGERS LOOKING SHIT IF i HAVE EVER SEEN IT!!!

twiggy twiggy...

 

I know carl that helps put the show on at the cow palace, and he told me that they raised the price for the show rooms, really high so that is why they did not have as many cars. They got a 3 year contract, so we can expect 3 more years of the same. I was there friday morning helping a friend set his car up. I did like a few the cars but most I had seen before, there was a out of site 56 ford car full custom. I was lucky I did not have to pay to get in, I bet the ones that paided was disapointed.

 

"GREED" ALWAYS MESSES UP EVERYTHING. YOU NEED THE PRIMERED AND SUEDE, ROCKABILLY CATZ THAT'S THE KOOL SHIT....
I THINK IT WAS THE '2007 SHOW THAT WAS THE COOLEST OF THEM ALL.
THEY HAD ALL THE BACK LOT AND THE MOST PEOPLE.....

 

I have been sitting at my computer for half an hour trying to decide what to say!
I know that alot of you would say stut da but I didn't !
This isn't a cut and dried issue.But lets touch on a few items.I have been around
this scene for 25 years and been on both sides of the fence.
1 Our economy sucks so the pool of cars is smaller !
2 The cost of campaining a car has gotten stupid !
3 Interest in building "show cars" is less.!
4 Age of money guys has gotten older I didn't say old.!
5 Guys would rather build a driver than a show er !
6 The car community is over exposed !
7 AMBR was stolen and moved to LA ! {reason we quit going ) !
8 John Q public doesn't want to look at primered cars !(they don't get it ) !
9 Expenses to promoters have gone up too, so they pass it on to you and me !
10 Why spend a ton of money on something that some idiot is going to shread online
because it isn't His bag.!
If you are still reading this cool .Folks it is a show thats all it is ! there is another
somewhere else next weekend . Some will be better than others .If you want to spend 25 - 30 bucks go If not don't .It won't change world history. If shit doesn't
change soon it won't really matter anyway. Its entertainment some movies suck too.
I am going to do something positive today work on my car maybe more us us should to that !

Thank you for your support !
Bartels or James ?

 

I actually don't hate this car. If someone told me it was built in the late 40's, I really wouldn't be surprised. It looks like a car a guy would have built in the 40's or 50's if he wanted to make a poor mans Auburn speedster. It has a vintage awkwardness to it that only comes from an earlier decade.
Anybody else see it?

 

Yeah Bobby, was channelling some forgotten spirit there. I see the vibe you are talking about.

 

Out here in the Mid West we're trying to keep up with you guys on cutting edge show cars. These two showed up at this weekends Starbird Autorama



A simple statement in wretched excess. I think the two side by side 6-71 blowers with injection on top of the engine nicely set off the landau bars, kerosene lamps and running board rack.


And my favorite hi-boy with it's subtle blending of the Moon tank Bonneville look and the ever popular surfer woody style plus the unique grill treatment make this a package that would make even Chip Foose think twice about car design.

 

Uh... what?