As you all know, we are new to Mopars. We are planning to go to the Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle. We are also planning to go to the Mopar Nationals in August. Does anyone know if this event is really happening this year? Their website appears to be dead. We are planning to take the Charger to it. I doubt that our Challenger will be ready in time, but maybe??? This will likely be my last chance to do a car show with both of my boys as my older son will be heading to the Army in December. I know you Mopar guys will like to hear this, but I am planning to go to this show with my boys instead of my favorite show, the Tri-Five Nationals in Bowling Green Kentucky. It will be painful to miss that show, but since both of my boys have Mopars and one will be gone soon, we are doing the Mopar show, if it really exists.
Thanks.
Yes seems to me it is a go... was thinking I might check it out this year as well - never been to Columbus. With the border still closed does not look like I will make Carlisle again - and with Moparfest cancelled up here might be the year to check out Columbus. I would expect the border will be open by then ... though I would not bet pre-registration on that - I always register at gate for Carlisle too.
Does Columbus have gate registration as well? Web site is not clear - sounds like it costs more than Carlisle and more to register later... Is it generally a similar mode / operation as Carlisle? Though I gather it is at a strip so more racing focus. I'd be mainly interested in show and swap meet. Thanks
The Mopar Nationals is a shitshow compared to Carlisle as far as organization is concerned. You can pay at the gate to get in, after that...you're on your own... :rofl:
Thanks - good to know ... based on the news today not sure that things will be open then anyway - but if so it would be nice to take in something this year (and maybe find some parts needed to finish the '74 for next year
Ohio is pretty much Restriction free, even the hospital and nursing homes are allowing visitors, so I would bet that The Nationals will be going on. Contrary to what you might read on here from someone who hasn't been in years or decades...the Nationals in Columbus is a huge show with thousands of quality Mopars...is it arranged by models of cars in specific parking areas...No. which only means unless all your buddies happen to have the same type of car that you do, you can't park next to them. You still get the lazy idiots who will park their 20 year old caravan in the show area but from what I've read That happens at all shows including the Great Carlisle Mopar show.
Is there a big swap meet...YES, are there thousands of Mopars...YES, Are there parts and food vendors...Yes, Is it a blast because you can park your Duster next to your buddies Cuda and keep an eye on them...Yes. So my suggestion is Go and enjoy the Show and stop by the Hemi Denny tent across from the staging lanes (yes, there's drag racing...Bonus) and say "Hi and maybe we'll have an adult beverage and talk about awesome Mopars while your there.
I was there about 10 years ago and it is a pretty good show. Definitely a plus if you like drag racing considering the track is right there with everything else. Decent swap meet and car corral. Hopefully it is at least the same if not better than I can remember. One thing I remember unlike Carlisle which turns into a ghost town after the show , there was lots of cars cruising on Brice Rd at night which was nice to sit back and watch. But like I said that was a long time ago.
Well I'll get my second shot next Wednesday so I'll be ready - can't control what they do with opening the border...
It is kind of nice to be with same kind of cars at Carlisle - you get to know guys with the same type from all over and catch up year over year. Moparfest is parked in order of arrival so you end up with different cars which is good too - you get different stories. If I come I'll likely bring the Daytona ('85 not '69 LOL) - its not a popular model but rare, real fun to drive, great on gas and well its now more than 10 years older than the '74 Cuda was when I bought it... time flies! Funny - way harder to get parts for the Daytona now than it is for the 'Cuda.
Quote from: anlauto on June 20, 2021, 07:16:23 PM
The Mopar Nationals is a shitshow compared to Carlisle as far as organization is concerned. You can pay at the gate to get in, after that...you're on your own... :rofl:
:canada: :P :rofl: :rofl:
I'm sure if I lived in the State and could get to the show in an hour or two, I'd think it was great too....
....but when you come in from another country, drive 8-10 hours, pay for gas, 3-4 nights in an expensive overpriced crappy hotel....then go to the show only to wait in long confusing line up, park your pride and joy on a dusty show field only to come back to your car to find a 4dr Toyota Camry parked beside you.... :pullinghair: Then by day two the out houses they use are over flowing out the door with feces and the smell is unbearable, garbage cans that are only emptied on Sunday... and the "race track" food is over priced and tastes fowl....if you survive NOT getting run over by a golf cart, you tend to quickly realize the differences of the show compared to Carlisle. :)
After attending the Nats for about 13 years in a row, it only took one trip to Carlisle for me to realize I didn't need to go to both. :thumbdown:
It's stands to reason because it's your "hometown show" (State) that you guys think it's GREAT :banana: I feel the same way about MOPARFEST up here in Ontario...but I'm sure if you guys ever made the trip, you would be able to list the faults in it as well...
:canada: :unitedstates:
Lets just be thankful that we (normally) have so many choices when it comes to shows to enjoy the Mopars we love. :grouphug:
Don't hold back Allen I'm guessing you don't like the place. LOL . I know it ain't no Carlisle but 1 Mopar show and swap meet a year kinda stinks. I'm a 500 mile drive to the Nats and Mopar Fest and have been to both. Crossing the border was no picnic but the show nice. You never know what you'll find unless you go.
:deadhorse: I'M NOT DOING THIS AGAIN. :headbang: If you don't like it...don't go.
Quote from: Rich G. on June 23, 2021, 07:12:24 AM
Don't hold back Allen I'm guessing you don't like the place. LOL . I know it ain't no Carlisle but 1 Mopar show and swap meet a year kinda stinks. I'm a 500 mile drive to the Nats and Mopar Fest and have been to both. Crossing the border was no picnic but the show nice. You never know what you'll find unless you go.
I used to enjoy the Mopars @ Englishtown show :twothumbsup: :) went there quite a bit in the late 80's early 90's
Quote from: Burdar on June 23, 2021, 08:06:55 AM
:deadhorse: I'M NOT DOING THIS AGAIN. :headbang: If you don't like it...don't go.
NO KIDDING...the conversation comes up every year :drunk:
I have been to both shows and I would never miss the Columbus event. What is great about the Columbus show is it's only 2 1/2 hrs. away from me and when the day ends I go out and meet people at all the Mopar party's! The hotels are much newer and cleaner than Carlisle! I'm still going to Carlisle's ,but I'll have to find a dumpy place to stay at. Also Carlisle's is so much walking up and down hills! The food is much better in Columbus too! :banana:
I may go for a day if my social coordinator will allow it . . We will see . .
QuoteIf my coordinator doesn't set up a travel ball extravaganza that weekend, I may do two days/nights if lodging isn't insane. About an 8 hour drive for me, but I've been tempted to try this one before.
If you don't mind driving a half hour to the show and back every day, you can find cheap rooms. I've been staying in Hilliard(west of Columbus) for years. The Motel 6 there has been renovated fairly recently and is decent. Plenty of places to eat close by and since it's west of Columbus, it cuts down the long drive.
Would anyone going to the Nats in Ohio be willing to walk the parts market for me? I'm not able to go this year and I would like a Holley Street Dominator 300-10/701R-10 Intake manifold. The 300-10/701R-10 is the version for the B block (383/400). If you are willing PM me and we can work out details.
Well, Good, bad or otherwise, I have officially cancelled my hotel reservation to the Tri-Five Nationals in Bowling Green Ky so that my boys and I can attend the Mopar Nationals. With my older son getting his commission in the Army in December, it will be hard to say if we will be able to go to it or any other show in the next few years. We will take the Charger that I bought for him, but sadly, my younger boy's Challenger is not done. Maybe next year???
You'll have a great time no matter where you go as long as you can go with family, you can't beat that :alan2cents:
14 day weather forecast shows thunderstorms. Hopefully it changes between now and then. Temps look OK though.
A few years ago I was really debating on going or not. The weather forecast looked like it was going to be a washout. I went anyway. It was nice and sunny all weekend.
I hope that I never see the tornado strength winds that the event experienced in 2019. Just like Carlisle, it seems that we always get at least one afternoon where a storm blows up and drops some heavy rain and wind on the event. We will hopefully be in the same location in rows R and S in spots 18 through 34.
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Thanks,
Richard
I am looking to go this year. Last went in 2018 and skipped 2019 thinking I would go last year :thumbdown: I started going when it was in Indy and hadn't missed a year until 2019. My question is in regards to spectator parking. I used to always park west of the creek off of Rt. 40, but 2018 I found out that they had sold that land and it was a corn field. Ended up parking just south of the track which was closer, but space was limited and was very congested. They were parking where the fun field used to be west of the track and really packing them in there too. Is there spectator parking on the north end? If so is there plenty of room?
Parking on the North end is supposed to be for swap meet people only.
Just to the east of the track is the main parking area. Plenty of room there and close to the ticket booth/entry gate. We always bring a big cooler and go back out to the parking lot to eat lunch.
Weather forecast is looking better.
Also, I just read that rt40 is closed east of the track right before you get into Hebron. If you are coming to the track on I-70, you need to take the exit for highway 37. That will take you right up to the intersection just east of the track. If you are going into Buckey Lake or Heath in the evening, you'll need to take 37 south to I-70 east...then hit 79 from there.
I might be driving out just for the swap meet ... on Saturday.
Burbar, thanks for the info on parking. I have never paid much attention to the east side beyond the cars in the show. I saw on moparts you were discussing your route there. I take 74, but I turn off just past Crawfordsville and go to Lebanon. I take 65 down to 465 and go around the north end of Indy to 70. Never timed it, but it sure seems faster even with the little bit of two lane road. I used to go 74 to 465 to 70. If the weather holds out I will leave after work Friday and hit the show Saturday. Will get a hotel on the north side of Columbus like I usually do.
Mapquest shows that driving through the center of Indy is the quickest way. That's what I've always done but this year that isn't possible. 70 is closed through downtown. Mapquest says taking 465 south is only 3 minutes slower. I don't really like to venture away from routes that I already know. I can get :verymad: easily when I don't know where I'm going.
For years I got a hotel on the north end of Columbus. It was on Dublin/Grandville road. It was a pretty sketchy area.(strip club right next door to the hotel) Lately I've been staying in Hilliard.(just west of Columbus) It's a nice area with lots of restaurants and is only 35 minutes from the track.
Looks like a fun show.
Anybody got enough pull to get the border opened up?
Loaded up and ready to head out tomorrow. I will be parked under the HDK tent next to the staging lanes stop by an say "Hi".
I'll be heading out to the nats this Saturday, weather is looking nice and I haven't been able to get there for 5yrs or so. Super excited, love the nats
For all of you Mopar purists out there, I have chosen to NOT go to my favorite car show ever, the Tri-Five Nationals and will be attending the Mopar Nats instead. We will be driving the 72 Charger that I bought for my older son since the 70 Challenger that I am building with my younger boy is not done yet. We are heading down on Saturday for the show.
Looking at the website for the show. Can anyone tell me the difference between a fun field admission for $65 and a single-day car show admission for $45?
Thanks
$20.00 :))
I just wanted to report back after our first trip to the Mopar Nationals. We thought it was a great show. It honestly was not as good as the Tri-Five nationals that I skipped for this show, but we had a lot of fun all the same. I do think that I like the Carlisle show better also, but again, we had a very good time. My only real complaint was that we were a bit unsure about the fun field vs the judged portion of the show. We paid for fun field, and ended up parking somewhat outside the fun field on the road leading over toward the area where the races had their trailers. We were right on the corner by the ice cream truck. We had a lot of comments that we were the only 72 Charger Rallye at the show.
I had some disparaging comments on here when I had asked about the show, but we really enjoyed it. I think I picked up some good stuff at the swap meet. I spent some money at the Detroit Muscle Tech tent. We spent a lot of time inspecting things on the other 70 Challengers so that we could see who other cars were put together. I also got to finally meet another forum member face to face,
@76orangewagon (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/76orangewagon_277) His car is a beautiful one for sure.
Did you find your headlight buckets, or are you just going to take Ross up on his offer ? I wish I could have gone...I need a set of those too :)
I went up for the day as well. Hadn't been in a few years. Less vendors on the midway and less show vehicles. Swap meet area was about the same as I remembered. Good day and wasn't too hot.
QuoteMy only real complaint was that we were a bit unsure about the fun field vs the judged portion of the show. We paid for fun field, and ended up parking somewhat outside the fun field on the road leading over toward the area where the races had their trailers.
The judged area is a fairly small section right when you enter the main gate on the left. Every other section except for the paved racers pit area, manufactures midway, the swap meet and the car corral is the FUN FEILD. When the pit area is full, the racers park in the fun field. Getting to the track early lets you pick a nice spot. Get there late and you're stuck in the grass next to the pits.
Just got back home a few hours ago.
Friday was hot...very hot. It sprinkled in the morning for a short time and then the sun came out. It rained hard for about 15-20 minutes at around 2:30 in the afternoon. It actually cooled things off and felt good for a little while until the sun came back out. Saturday was really nice weather.
1970 Hemi Challenger convertible. 1 of 9 total. 1 of 4 autos. Was originally a lime green car. The owner had it painted purple in 79 to match his wife's Challenger.(his and hers) He was super excited to show it off.
The end of the day Saturday we were pretty tired and needed to sit down for a bit. They announced the General Lee jump was about to take place so we decided to go watch it. Boy am I glad we did. It was INSAIN! We walked over to the main grandstand area right in front of the ramp. They were PACKED with people. We decided to go over to the stands at the starting line which were almost empty. It turns out we had the best seat in the house. I've seen some video taken from right in front of the ramp and it isn't nearly as good as the video we shot. Turns out it was the highlight of the weekend...well, that and the air conditioned bathrooms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXatCG5NGkc&t=9s
I was there all day Saturday... good show... found good parts in the swap area!!!.. all that I was looking for!!! (some for myself, more for friends who couldn't attend).
The GL jump was cool... I can't believe they allowed photographers as close as they were to the landing.. could've been tragic.
Boy that looks like it hurt the car and the driver! Back to the frame shop I guess.
Quotehe GL jump was cool... I can't believe they allowed photographers as close as they were to the landing.. could've been tragic.
My guess is those people were part of the stunt crew. If something went wrong, they'd want to have people positioned along the track so they could get to the driver as fast as possible. Just a guess on my part.
QuoteBoy that looks like it hurt the car and the driver! Back to the frame shop I guess.
That car is DONE. No saving it. I got up close to it on the starting line and it looks like most of the panels are designed to be reused on a different chassis. The doors and trunk lid came loose on the jump. The 1/4s didn't even have much damage.
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There's people commenting online that it was a crown Vic chassis, so no 69 chargers were harmed. Steering wheel seems to support that.
Yes, they make them out of Crown Vics. There is a Youtube video about how they make them.
The grills and tail panel are just flat sheets of steel, painted to look real.
Sounds like the show went pretty well . . I have been many times . . . just not in recent years. This year I would of liked to make Saturday but had storms come through Michigan a few days before the show which knocked power out all over the South east Michigan area and I had family staying with me for days. My social coordinator put the brakes on any plans to go.
I will say although the Carlisle show is amazing, I do miss the drag racing at the show. Just the sound of the big blocks tearing down the strip gets my blood going. Then the after show cruise is also a lot of fun! Maybe next year . . .
The stunt show surprised me. I didn't expect them to crash the cars. I missed the General Lee jump (too much talking) but caught the cop car wreck.