On a dark and stormy night, Opps, no wait that's not right. The dawn broke, the sun creaked up, the wife poked me and challenged me to arise also. So off we went to the Show. Got there early enough to beat a few folks also heading for the swaps. As usual for this event there were a lot of Chrysler products scurrying to their respective parking areas for the huge show/spit/polish/shine. Some where around 2100 mopars of all sorts were in attendance from a few really oldies to the most modern. General impressions, We are BUSHED! Walked 7 or 8 miles of swaps, spent some recovery time visiting with the folks sheltering in the 300 Club tent (In Out Of The Beating Sun). Did I mention that the semi monsoon of the past 2 days granted all here a respite? It left behind a fresh layer of rust on some of the piles of auto parts, a right fair amount of HUMIDITY to be baked off by the full sunshine that accompanied a 90 degree summer day. Got caught up with all the meet and greets. From what I could spy more members then 300's on display. I Will hit you all with a teaser, Whilst catching 40 breaths in under the tent out of the direct sun, 2 members were presented with 'Certificates suitable for framing' A black 300F convertible was awarded a special guest celebrity recognition, AND a White 300F convertible was awarded one also from another of the celebrity's in attendance. I am certain there will a formal reportage in the club newsletter with all the details confirmed and correct (should I have miss-reported what I my sun baked head thought it was hearing. Congrats to the winners so far. Now for the cold hard truth as a reflection of the times we are bearing, at least in my eyes: Attendance in general - lighter then last year I thought, which I thought was lighter then the year before. Venders: a lot of the same stuff, a general feeling of seeing stuff that had already been picked over, and over, and over. I think there where some newer faces selling, but maybe they were trying to sell stuff that they got from someone who had given up. There were some empty spaces, not that many but more then I recall being average. The Cars, Lots of Nice Cars, Lots and Lots, but a stronger feeling that those in attendance were more of the die-hards and maybe not that many just beginning to participate in these events. Fridays rain kept a fair number of folks from accomplishing their respective missions, and Saturday I didn't notice any undue 'Got To Get It Now' pressure by those wandering the swaps. It was Not elbow to Elbow this year. As we semi-floated away dodging the creeks and riverlets forming in the car corral Friday, I was left with the impression there were some rather fairly priced vehicles out there to be had if one were in a fluid enough position. As for 300 parts, well I do get a severe case of tunnel vision chasing parts for my C project, MIGHTY SLIM pickens this year I thought. As for other 300 parts don't think I saw any at all for the other 50's vintage, and Not much for the 60's. But I did see a few of the club members find something they couldn't do with out tho. All in all Not a Lost cause for us as I saved some decent $$ on a few parts for my 'hot-rod-truck' parts chaser/hauler and we did get a few items that will shorten the down time when it comes time to do some preventative maintenance on the wifypoo's putt-putt. -- Paul Holmgren 2 57 300-C's in Indy Hoosier Corps #L6 CPUs run on smoke. I know this because when the smoke comes out, it stops working. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select the "Leave Group" button For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylangYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/