Always a good time, and this year had just about perfect weather! Full gallery here: https://pistnbroke.smugmug.com/2024-Symco-Weekender with HAMB-friendly shots below. I also shot a bunch of film, but that will take a while to get developed and scanned!
Well, A good time if engines scare you... What is the deal with prohibiting open hoods? Seems very un car-show like to me.
There were a few cars on the ground with open hoods - I can think of a group with Model As by the Burger Barn off the top of my head with open hoods, and there's a '34 3 Window in this thread with an open hood. They are pretty serious about traditional stuff though...so if it was an open hood with billet valve covers or EFI, that would land a car in the VIP lot (which is just across the road). No idea beyond that (and I'm only guessing as is).
Nothing newer than a 1964 gets let onto the main grounds, but even then, it's gotta be pretty traditional. They have requirements posted at their site: https://www.symcohotrods.com/ If your car is '65 or newer and/or doesn't meet the traditional aspect, there's still a lot called the VIP area where you can park. Or along the main road running past the fairgrounds.
I'm not much of a photographer at car shows anymore. Unless I see something really cool/radical. These are the 2 I took there with my broken lens camera phone. The Henry J, just so I could send it to my son that loves those things, and the lettering on the panel truck. I thought maybe @anthony myrick made a trip to the north country. My project wasn't completed in time for the show. I also noticed the abundance of 4 doors this year (check @BJR's thread), but I don't discriminate. That gold/white '56 is a beauty.
I like the rules for the show. If you have a modern engine or it is all billety, keep your hood closed. They make for better pictures anyway. When I was at Good Guys the gents parking me said that the truck sounds like it has an awful nasty SBC in it. I opened the hood and showed them the Hemi, they said "leave the hood open". Sometimes the engines need to be both seen and heard. I really like the wheel acceptance/not acceptable definitions. Big wheels do not help old cars look cool IMO. It's like putting track shoes on an old man, not convincing anyone.
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