When my parents told me they were coming to visit me in Texas, my dad made sure to tell me that I also had a mission – find an old car show. He is a huge antique enthusiast, so it’s really no wonder. Thank goodness I found one, I haven’t had a lot of luck in the past finding these around here.
The Lone Star Classic Chevy Convention presided over Memorial Day in Irving, Texas at the Sheraton Hotel. This convention features cars from 1955-1957 from across the country. The mid-50’s provided cheap, available and great looking cars. Nowadays, Chevy’s are built and restored to compete at these conventions which can bring more restoration value to their vehicles.
The Lone Star Chevy Convention originally began to provide local Texas enthusiasts with an annual event that would be held by a “local chapter” in the early ’80’s. Obviously, it’s become successful. Check out some of these rides.
The Conventions included a drag race, peel out contest, Show and Shine judging, Candi Clark from ‘American Graffiti’ and live entertainment from a local radio station (providing prizes). We happened to be walking by their table when they asked a multiple choice question, one of the answers being ‘Vermont’. If any of us knew the answer, it would be dad. He quickly yelled out ‘Vermont’ (really who else was going to yell it out) and sure enough he was right! Must have been meant to be!
I gotta find a car show like this for my dad…he LOVES car shows, especially antiques. Everytime there’s one here he always just misses them!