I wonder if the “new car guys” get all upset when an old car it put in the auto show ��

Actually now that u mention it, the ones I’ve met enjoy the old stuff. The one thing the new kids don’t quite get is cars with signs that talk about how rare a car is and the history. Strange as it seems, they’d rather talk with you about the car than read about it!

The auto shows were letting old cars and some cities car clubs due to brands pulling out, One year in Portland, they let a Camaro club in. Durring the set up I was watching Motortrend chanel, watching the guy in charge of the Corvette and the HP line, the next day, at Bfast up in the lounge, the guy getting eggs in front of me was him. He was in to see and sign stuff for the Camaro club. Sedelmeyer was his name, same year in Cleveland, old cars were rolling in to fill space, a Vette stalled, The guy from the dealer wanted to borrow my jump pack, the car was in primer, I asked if they were restoring it, he said his dad, ( dealer owner) ordered it Páint delete back in the day, I think it was a big block car. He showed me on the trim tag it was blank for paint or had an X , don’t remember
I never heard of that before.

For some reason I have the name Scott Settlemire in my memory. Was that him?

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Scott Settlemire, the F-BodFather…
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Yes. That’s him.
I was thinking he had to do w/ the Vette, it was bringing the Camaro back I think it was.

I don't mind. Car shows should be about car people coming together and celebrating something they love. New, old, doesn't matter. When you start turning people away, that's when people stop caring about cars. If young folks like newer cars, then allow newer cars. If there's no young generation of car people, then the hobby dies when all of old us shits die.

I've been to shows where newer stuff gets turned away and imo, it just causes animosity.

I guess it depends on what you consider new. For me it used to be anything with factory HEI, then that finally gave way to anything that came with EFI was too new. I've since morphed into the 25 year rule that most states follow. That's typically stuff you don't see on the road much nowadays. So I don't mind seeing stuff from the 80's and 90's. Im not ready to see stuff from the 2000's just yet. Maybe early 2000's but I'm turned off after that. New vettes and stuff just don't interest me. I don't even care to see a C5 unless it's a Z06. Certainly don't care to see anything at a show that I can go see at any dealer lot. I still like the shows that cap the year to enter. Many are still 1975 or older. I think goodguys caps it at 1990-ish and that was a hurdle for those guys to pass lol.
It keeps the newer stuff and the ricers from being there, and that's ok with me.

In fact just to add, the younger generation with the newer stuff are now trending towards their own shows and clubs. They frequently put on shows up here that only allow 2000 and newer. So they don't care to see our old stuff either. There's even a club up here for it.

----What we consider too new is a good subject. In 67 when we all knew that smog was coming I remember thinking "that's it" I'll never buy another knew car. I was young and dumb at age 20. I sort of semi-accepted that until catalitic converters started appearing. Once again I remember thinking "no f-in way"! And yet,,,here I am semi-embracing all kinds of crap that back in those days I could never even imagine back then!....Bill S

Scott Settlemeier is a good dude, hung out with him a few times back in the past.

He and GM got mad at us (LS1Tech) when we shared preproduction pics of the 5th gen that got leaked to us.

Anyway, any car shows is better than no car shows. Here in Chicago the number of local car shows has dropped over the years.

Anyone who's into their cars and wants to be a part of the hobby is fine by me. Why turn any enthusiasts away?