Carlisle 2003 - Review

With my hotel troubles aside, I had a good time at Carlisle. Here's a short review:

Friday was REALLY HOT! It was about 90 degrees with a ton of humidity. Activity at the C3VR Tent (see pictures below) in the swap meet area was pretty slow. A handful of current C3VR members stopped by to say hi. Christine brought the "C3VR Members Here in Spirit" Collage (see pictures below) that she made, and it was displayed with pride! The special C3VR parking area had about a dozen C3s in it. It rain a couple times for a few minutes late in the afternoon.

Saturday was perfect! It go up to only 80 degrees and there was no humidity to speak of. It was VERY busy. The C3VR Tent had a lot of activity. Some more C3VR members stopped by the tent to say hi. Many spectators stopped by just to view the C3VR Member Collage. The special C3VR parking area again had about a dozen C3s in it (see pictures below). No rain at all!

Sunday again was perfect weather. However, it was REALLY slow. Not too many people stopped by.

Overall, the show was just as it was last year... a ton of vendors to visit and lot and lots of Vettes to see.

Here are thumbnails of the pictures I took. Click them for larger versions:

C3VR/C6VR Tent


C3VR Member Collage

Click here for a LARGE version of the collage.

C3VR Parking Area


C3s in Parking Area
















Christine's C3




|UPDATED|8/26/2003 10:07:26 AM|/UPDATED|

It was good to meet you sunday,sorry it was so late,so many things to see,so little time . I hope you got out of the tent long enough to see the beaauty contest, Ron 78

Ok, I'll bite - where are the links to the larger pictures? All I get displayed are repeats of the thumbnails.

Looks like an event to get to in the near future. Which one is better overall - spring or fall?

*Sniff* Wish I was there. I'm from Hazleton, PA and Carlisle was something I went too all the time since I was 15, but alas the Marine Corps has put me in the middle of the desert in 29 Palms, CA....

Norsky said: Ok, I'll bite - where are the links to the larger pictures? All I get displayed are repeats of the thumbnails.

There was only one that was linked wrong, that I just fixed. But the rest of them, when clicked on, should take you to an 800x600ish version of the thumbnail. The link should be to a photo that starts "sm_" while the thumbs start "th_".

Norsky said: Looks like an event to get to in the near future. Which one is better overall - spring or fall?

There is no Spring Corvettes at Carlisle. So my vote would be Fall.

Outstanding! I only wish I could have been there. Next year, I'm in!

Adam said:... There is no Spring Corvettes at Carlisle. ...

You are correct Sir! I had the 'Spring Carlisle - Collector Car Swap Meet & Corral' confused with Corvettes, so fall it is!

btw - Carlisle Events has it all regarding what's happening there.
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Jim O.
Save the Wave...!!! !

Has anybody seen or heard what the attendance was, especially on Saturday? I heard they stopped letting cars into the Fun Display.

Also, can anyone confirm the news I heard at our club meeting three days later that the 1978 Pace Car that was a "No Sale" at the auction (for $35,000) was later sold in a private deal for $12,000?

It had five (!) miles on it and had the plastic on the seats.