Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Rosemont Illinois

[benlavigne]

Hemi Daytona, Hemi Bird, 'Cuda 383

You cheated, those were not at the show... 
More like the sideshow...

Ben

[HR738]

  well played Ben......

[Aar1064]

I'd really like to take my AAR to this show next year. Been on my list of places to go for a while now.

Would really love to meet up with ebodies.org members that attend. To those that attended, what are the hotel options? Figure I need to get it booked.

[JH27N0B]

The convention center is in an entertainment district a couple miles east of O'Hare airport.
There are literally 4 or 5 hotels right across the street from the show location!
Most offer a special MCACN rate for the show dates.
The hotels and rates are listed on the MCACN website.
http://www.mcacn.com/hotels.htm

[anlauto]

Any hints floating around as to what Tim Welborn would like to see next year ? I understand he has a bit of influence.....I heard of the 2016 sunroof display at the show in 2015, when I met Tim.

[Aar1064]

The convention center is in an entertainment district a couple miles east of O'Hare airport.
There are literally 4 or 5 hotels right across the street from the show location!
Most offer a special MCACN rate for the show dates.
The hotels and rates are listed on the MCACN website.
http://www.mcacn.com/hotels.htm

Awesome. Thanks for the info.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Any hints floating around as to what Tim Welborn would like to see next year ? I understand he has a bit of influence.....I heard of the 2016 sunroof display at the show in 2015, when I met Tim.

While Tim is a integral part of the MCACN show landscape, the invitationals are done well before his involvement.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

November 17th and 18th 2018!  Put it on your calendar now!

[anlauto]

Any hints floating around as to what Tim Welborn would like to see next year ? I understand he has a bit of influence.....I heard of the 2016 sunroof display at the show in 2015, when I met Tim.

While Tim is a integral part of the MCACN show landscape, the invitationals are done well before his involvement.

So any hints then Ryan ?

[Aar1064]

The convention center is in an entertainment district a couple miles east of O'Hare airport.
There are literally 4 or 5 hotels right across the street from the show location!
Most offer a special MCACN rate for the show dates.
The hotels and rates are listed on the MCACN website.
http://www.mcacn.com/hotels.htm

Awesome! Hope to see some of you there...................

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Any hints floating around as to what Tim Welborn would like to see next year ? I understand he has a bit of influence.....I heard of the 2016 sunroof display at the show in 2015, when I met Tim.

While Tim is a integral part of the MCACN show landscape, the invitationals are done well before his involvement.

So any hints then Ryan ?

The ones I can talk about, Class of 73, Class of 68, Barn Finds, Original Gassers, AMC is the big brand, hopefully have some rare AMC prototypes coming out of the woodwork.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Here's more of the section for 2018!


Scat Pack vs. Rapid Transit System; this is the "big one" that you will see up front, with Plymouth RTS cars on the left and Dodge Scat Pack cars on the right!

Class of 1968 50th Anniversary Display.

Oldsmobile W Machines; Dan V. aka PostSedan will chime in on this one, as it is unlike any that we have previously hosted and we have some very special features happening.

Nickey Gasser Invitational. You have seen a few of the wild straight axle Gassers that have come out of Nickey Performance over the past few years, now see an entire display devoted to them. Hosted by Nickey Performance along with John Tinberg and the crew that build them

1968 Hurst Drag Cars; using the "display within a display" theme, much like what we did with the '67 Z28 invitational, this will spotlight the Hurst built drag cars of 1968 as part of our Class of 1968 Invitational; featuring the Hurst S/S Hemi Darts and the Hurst S/S Hemi Barracuda's. Hosted by Jim Kramer, you will see restored and originals along with some very special guests.

Original Owners & High Mileage Muscle Invitational. We have had so much fun with original owners, we want to encourage their participation. If you are an original or long term owner of some prime factory muscle or C1/C2 or C3 Corvette, or have driven your muscle car or Corvette over 100,000 miles and it still shows nicely, please consider joining us for this one.

Returning Special Displays; with new (old) cars, of course!

Barn Finds and Hidden Gems. Again, a whole new crop hosted by Automotive Archeologist Ryan Brutt.

Mustang & Shelby Pinnacle competition. Launched in 2016, this is for the best of the best that have already achieved both SAAC and MCA Top Tier awards. Hosted by Bob Perkins, Rick Campbell and Jim Cunningham.

Vintage Certification, Presented by Frank Badalson's American Performance, LLC. You guys know all about this one! Hosted by Steve Shauger.

Muscle Bicycles, Presented by Koolestuff.

Triple Diamond display and competition, Sponsored by Corvette Central. For Corvettes that have already achieved NCRS Top Flight and Bloomington Gold certification. Truly the best of the best!

Corvette Legends, Sponsored by Dr. Pete Gimenez/Corvette Legends; Featuring the L/88 Corvettes of 1968 and 1969 this year.

Studebaker Legends III; Again, a whole new group and a whole new theme for these factory supercharged beasts. This year we will feature a very special man that has played an incredibly important role in putting these cars on the Muscle Car map. Hosted by Eddie George and his family.

Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race display. Again, with a whole new group of PSMCDR cars, hosted by Donnie Brass.

Of course, this is just the beginning and more will be announced as we lock in details and cars.

If you have an idea or would like to coordinate a special display, please let me know; bashton426@gmail.com.

[JH27N0B]

Thanks for the update on 2018 MCACN Ryan!
This presents a dilemma for me. With all the work I've been doing this year "refreshing" my convertible, I was planning on displaying it in Mopar Alley in 2018.
But with this Scat Pak v RTS display, if my T/A makes the cut to be chosen as one of the dozen or so Scat Pak cars in the display, that would really be cool to be part of the 2018 biggest feature!