Pics from CAM Golden Gears "Homerun" Car Show, 6 July 2013

[Bluerauder]

Had a great turnout at the Golden Gears "Homerun" Car Show today at the Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick, MD. Despite the sweltering hot weather, MM.Net had a great showing and it was a fun day. "Hot enough for You Yet??"

MercuryMarauder.Net won the Club Participation Plaque with 16 Cars Registered. Ladyhawke accepted the trophy on behalf of the group.


Attendees Included the following:

Ladyhawke1 JPB KB#5
Ladyhawke2 Mustang GT-4S
Haggis JPB KB#8
Hammerdown DTR
Fordfk SB
Dwstang67 JPB
DEFYANT SB
05Crownsport SB CV
Trisha Mustang 5.0 Convertible
Merc/Pam SB
Breadfan JPB
N40GL SB KB#10
Yimma/Joan DBP
Ctrlraven/Kelly SB
Bluerauder DBP

Who am I missing???

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[Bluerauder]

Unfortunately, despite the high turnout, not one of the MMs or cars in our group took home an individual award. The crowd seemed to have a taste for Chevys and cars from the '50s and '60s. Our location at the far end of the lot probably didn't help either since many attendees didn't get down our way in the heat.

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NOBODY PUTS BABY IN A CORNER.

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[Bluerauder]

And a few of the others that caught my eye......

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[Ms. Denmark]

Nice pics, Charlie! What a great turnout from our crowd. Looks like you had beautiful weather, too.

[Ladyhawke]

Yep it sure was hot but we had a great time! This show grew from last year's numbers when I had attended. There were over 200 cars from several states and many clubs.

Many thanks to all that showed today! As Charlie said, We won the Club Participation Award!!

If we had a longest distance award, that would go to Dean!

:banana2:

I'll do a close up pic tomorrow after I get the camera out of the car. Someone had a great suggestion so we all can enjoy the award to copy the pic into our signatures. Feel free to use any of them.

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[guspech750]

Looks like fun was had by all who was there. Nice pictures.


Sent from The White House on taxpayers dimes.

DTR + 4.10's + Eaton swap = Wreeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom

[Comin' in Hot]

I would have loved to be there, but I'm sitting at the airport in Denver, if only it was tomorrow/ today

[WhatsUpDOHC]

Wish that I could have been there.
Thanks for the pics!:beer:

[Bluerauder]

Yep it sure was hot but we had a great time!

This ^^^^^ is an understatement. HOT just kept getting hotter. It was a bright and beautiful day but we were in the 90* plus all day -- 7 hours from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. A passing cloud was usually a relief just for the brief amount of shade. Thankfully, the SPF 70 did the trick for me. I am sure that there were some "Crispy Critters" among the crowd. Of course, the heat didn't dampen the spirits of the MM.Net crowd on hand. :2thumbs:

[Bluerauder]

And a few more pics from the day of fun......

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[ncmm]

Great show. Too bad no MM's were award winners. Some people just don'realize how cool it is to be a MM owner. . .thanks for sharing Marauder Drive!

[DEFYANT]

What a great day! I missed many meets and cruises over the years. Good to be back and in full swing! CAM and the members here rock! Already looking forward to the next one!

[Roadwarrior]

Great pictures here. :2thumbs: My favorites cars pictured beside the Marauders were the '56 Chevy convertible, '56 Nomad & '70 Charger. :bows:

[Bluerauder]

Some people just don't realize how cool it is to be a MM owner. . .

I think they were kinda impressed when we showed up as a group. :D

[DWSTANG67]

Thanks for the nice pics Charlie
It was a very hot day, and also a fun day getting together with everyone that attended.
A special thanks to Chis and Gordan for setting up this event and for hosting the after show barbeque it was a great meal,

Congrats to all the participants for winning the CLUB PARTICIPATION AWARD.

This award demostrates how professional, devoted, and loyal MM.net members are to the club and each other.

[71cyclone]

Great show. Too bad no MM's were award winners. Some people just don'realize how cool it is to be a MM owner. . .thanks for sharing Marauder Drive!

I personally hate to see this, but after owning two classic Lincolns I found out that with some clubs ,anything newer than 1973 they will LOOK the other way >>>>?:bigcry:<<<<< Anyway, I hated to mis the show .!!

[ctrlraven]

Had a great time and glad to see some old faces from the past (Breadfan and Defyant).

[J-MAN]

Some great shots there Charlie, thanks for posting.

[Haggis]

The "newest" car to win a Top 40 was a 2004 Mustang. I believe the heat had a lot to do with it, people did not want to walk all the way down to see the modern muscle. But, there where a lot of very nice cars there.

[ctrlraven]

The "newest" car to win a Top 40 was a 2004 Mustang. I believe the heat had a lot to do with it, people did not want to walk all the way down to see the modern muscle. But, there where a lot of very nice cars there.
If we do the show again next year, we definitely need to be more up by the registration trailer backed up to the curb by the road. Those people had a lot of tree shade for most of the day.

[Haggis]

If we do the show again next year, we definitely need to be more up by the registration trailer backed up to the curb by the road. Those people had a lot of tree shade for most of the day.

Chris and I was discussing that last night.


Ok, who is on the bandwagon for next year. I can try setting up a block of rooms at a local hotel if there are enough out-of-towners.

[Ms. Denmark]

Chris and I was discussing that last night.


Ok, who is on the bandwagon for next year. I can try setting up a block of rooms at a local hotel if there are enough out-of-towners.
Eric and I had planned on coming this year but had to bow out. I'd really like to make it next time. The Hampton in Frederick or the one in Maughansville are both nice. We like to stay there. Don't know if they are convenient for most people though. Maybe they would give you a deal?

[DWSTANG67]

Chris and I was discussing that last night.


Ok, who is on the bandwagon for next year. I can try setting up a block of rooms at a local hotel if there are enough out-of-towners.

I am jumping on the bandwagon, it was a good show and a great weekend, as for a hotel I recommened the the Comfort Inn Red Horse, it is close to your house and only a couple miles though town to the stadium. Rates are good and you get a meal in the morning.

I do not recommend the motel 6, although its big for a motel 6, theres a reason why the rooms are only $50.00 a night (it was the only place with a room )

[Bluerauder]

The Hampton Inn on Buckeystown Pike just off I-270 south of Frederick might be worth a shot. It is located 2.4 miles from the stadium where the car show was held and is only about 2.0 miles from the lower lot where we rallied. Rooms are now showing at $102.00.

Pretty direct route = Buckeystown Road (1.5 miles) to Urbana Pike (1/2 mile) to New Design Road (1/4 mile).

Hampton Inn Frederick
5311 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, Maryland, 21704, USA 1-301-698-2500

But like this time .... I'll probably just drive up from home. It is only a little over an hour for me.

[HammerDown]

If we do the show again next year, we definitely need to be more up by the registration trailer backed up to the curb by the road. Those people had a lot of tree shade for most of the day.


Next year we all should try to get there when they open (was it 9:00?) at least by 9:30 so we can get first choice of where we want to park.

Anyway, we will pencil it in on our 2014 calendar;)

[Bluerauder]

Next year we all should try to get there when they open (was it 9:00?) at least by 9:30 so we can get first choice of where we want to park.

Anyway, we will pencil it in on our 2014 calendar;)

Registration started at 9:00 AM. I bet that there were people already parked beginning at 8:00 AM and the lot was already pretty full BEFORE 9:00 AM. By 10:00 AM when we arrived, they were already above the expected numbers and were running out of slots.

[merc]

Most of the winning numbers were below registration number 100. 90 percent were Chevys and most of them travel to the same car shows. Its hard to win a car show in the Fredrick area if you are not below 1983 and older. :argue: With the number we have let's create our own car show and not tag along.

[Joe Walsh]

Most of the winning numbers were below registration number 100. 90 percent were Chevys and most of them travel to the same car shows. Its hard to win a car show in the Fredrick area if you are not below 1983 and older. :argue: With the number we have let's create our own car show and not tag along.

Sounds like the car show that Charlie (Defyant), CheeseheadBob and I attended years ago in Hamilton.
2 sick Marauders and the 427 Cobra and we didn't win a single trophy...:mad:.
Bunch of local Chevy guys handing out trophies to each other.
We knew it was rigged when a POS, primered & bent V8 Vega won a trophy.

Sorry that I couldn't make it folks!
Looks like an awesome MM turnout.
Will plan on attending next year....or our own car show as Mark suggested.

[maineiac]

What a great day! I missed many meets and cruises over the years. Good to be back and in full swing! CAM and the members here rock! Already looking forward to the next one!

Are you coming to NH ,been waiting to see that bad azz silver for a long time?

[L.Mark]

I personally hate to see this, but after owning two classic Lincolns I found out that with some clubs ,anything newer than 1973 they will LOOK the other way >>>>?:bigcry:<<<<< Anyway, I hated to mis the show .!!


I've been on the recieving end of this with my Mark V...

[L.Mark]

I think they were kinda impressed when we showed up as a group. :D

This I don't doubt. One year some of us Lincoln owners got together and did an Easter Parade, then we went and "crashed" a cougar show at the Water Tower. We had a '53 Capri, 67 Conti Conv, '65 Conti conv, '69 Mark III, 71 MarkIII(mine) and a 79 Mark V(mine). The whole show stopped when we pulled in and went to park. I can only imagine when a group of Marauders pull in...must have been an awesome site to see...

[MyTMerc]

Glad everyone had a great time. No way I was going to make this one. Diane had me working my butt off with home & car repairs over the weekend. Please pencil us in for next year (or what Merc said :-).

[Ladyhawke]

This was a great show worth going to again and benefits our veterans.

Its awesome seeing the response to do this next year! After seeing our numbers, I think the club hosting will be more responsive next year to how many cars I say we will have. We know these guys and I think we can work out a better parking arrangement. Those empty spaces at the beginning of the row were probably for us, but it wasn't enough room for all of us. So pencil it in and we will let everyone know when it is schedule.

[HammerDown]

This was a great show worth going to again and benefits our veterans.

Its awesome seeing the response to do this next year! After seeing our numbers, I think the club hosting will be more responsive next year to how many cars I say we will have. We know these guys and I think we can work out a better parking arrangement. Those empty spaces at the beginning of the row were probably for us, but it wasn't enough room for all of us. So pencil it in and we will let everyone know when it is schedule.

Sounds good Chris!!!!!!!!!!!

[Haggis]

Most of the winning numbers were below registration number 100. 90 percent were Chevys and most of them travel to the same car shows. Its hard to win a car show in the Fredrick area if you are not below 1983 and older. :argue: With the number we have let's create our own car show and not tag along.

Why must you be so negitive? There were a lot of nice cars there, it was 'HOT' and we were at the far end of the show. Same reason the '69 Judge did not win a trophy or that blue Ford close to us. We even tried to stuff the ballot box, at least most of us did, don't you think the other car clubs were too.

Chris and I will keep everyone informed when the show is next year and I will look into a block of rooms at a nice hotel if enough interest.

P.S.
I have your hat and you have the keys.

[merc]

Why must you be so negitive? There were a lot of nice cars there, it was 'HOT' and we were at the far end of the show. Same reason the '69 Judge did not win a trophy or that blue Ford close to us. We even tried to stuff the ballot box, at least most of us did, don't you think the other car clubs were too.

Chris and I will keep everyone informed when the show is next year and I will look into a block of rooms at a nice hotel if enough interest.

P.S.
I have your hat and you have the keys.

Why do you think my comment was negative. I had a great time meeting old and new members. The car show just happened to be a forum for a Marauder meet. I think it's a good idea to have a Marauder car show. The other club "The Black Knights" are having a show soon. It's a fact that the classic cars show up in large number in the fredrick area. On another note I paid for hamburgs for the 2 elderly vets manning the tables at one of the veterans (VFW) tables. :D Pam and I really enjoyed the day and we contributed to the numbers which lead to the collective win. :beer:

[Haggis]

Why do you think my comment was negative. I had a great time meeting old and new members. The car show just happened to be a forum for a Marauder meet. I think it's a good idea to have a Marauder car show. The other club "The Black Knights" are having a show soon. It's a fact that the classic cars show up in large number in the fredrick area. On another note I paid for hamburgs for the 2 elderly vets manning the tables at one of the veterans (VFW) tables. :D Pam and I really enjoyed the day and we contributed to the numbers which lead to the collective win. :beer:


I love ya Brother and it was great seeing you and Pam. But this:


Most of the winning numbers were below registration number 100. 90 percent were Chevys and most of them travel to the same car shows. Its hard to win a car show in the Fredrick area if you are not below 1983 and older. :argue: With the number we have let's create our own car show and not tag along.

...sounds negitive to me. We had 15 cars there on Saturday, that is not enough for our own show and who are we going to have to sponsor it?

[05crownsport]

Tricia and I had a blast at this show...sorry we bailed on the after party! I attend car shows to hang out, check out some nice cars and shoot the bull...it would have been nice to see someone in our group win an award. We won by showing our passion for our group and the mm.net community. Good enough for me!

[FreddieH]

Wish I could have made it, had to work on Dover AFB for a movie premier of "Pacific Rim" , got to slow down, this 6-7 day a week work schedule is killing me, and to believe I am retired. I even had to work 9 hrs. on the 4th of July.

[Haggis]

Tricia and I had a blast at this show...sorry we bailed on the after party! I attend car shows to hang out, check out some nice cars and shoot the bull...it would have been nice to see someone in our group win an award. We won by showing our passion for our group and the mm.net community. Good enough for me!

Glad you and Tricia made it, we hung out in the AC at our place after the show, nobody wanted to sit outside.

[Bluerauder]

There were a lot of nice cars there.....

This ^^^^^ is a fact. I took well over 100 pics at the event. LOTS of very nice classics were represented in all their glory. We each got to vote for 15 cars, 5 Trucks, 5 Rat Rods and 5 Motorcycles. If you had started at the concession end of the lot (like most people did), you would have run out of votes long before you ran out of cars to look at. It is very hard for an '03-'04 MM to compete with a pristine '55 Corvette or a '56 Nomad or a '32 Ford coupe or a '66 Barracuda or just some of the 60s Muscle with their standout colors.

I too had a great time at the all day event. Door to door, it was a 14 hour day for me. Thanks to all those who brought the pop-up tents. Without those available, finding a place in the shade for a brief period of relief was kinda difficult.

Thanks also to Gordon and Chris .... I needed that Cool Down period badly. ;)

[merc]

I love ya Brother and it was great seeing you and Pam. But this:



...sounds negitive to me. We had 15 cars there on Saturday, that is not enough for our own show and who are we going to have to sponsor it?

One car club is never enough for any car show. The Northern Virginia Mustang Club (NVMC) would be a good candidate combining membership and increasing turnout. Some of our members have mustangs and I think we could add 20+ cars to our lineup. Giving us a starting point of 35 without even advertising. I know of a couple mobile D.J.s that I can contact. I could also contact JLT an old sponsor on the site and a few other venders. As an example look what one person did in California http://www.veterancarshow.com/ Not to discourage anyone from attending next years Golden Gears car show but rather encouraging Marauder Club members to create and support there own club car show. I personally would donate time and money to organize a one day event in the Washington Metro Area.

[L.Mark]

It's not about winning the awards but just showing up with other Marauder's and the owners. entered my second car show a while back with Embassy. Didn'tcar if I won, just enough being there with another Marauder and good people. What to see my award, it's parked in my driveway every day!!!:beer:

[Ladyhawke]

Tricia and I had a blast at this show...sorry we bailed on the after party! I attend car shows to hang out, check out some nice cars and shoot the bull...it would have been nice to see someone in our group win an award. We won by showing our passion for our group and the mm.net community. Good enough for me!

+1
And many thanks to you guys for all of the food. Wish you could have stayed for the after show party. Got home to a cooler full of food! Guess we could have pulled that out while sitting around under the tents.


Merc, if you want to organize a show with NVMC that's a great idea! They seemed like good peeps years ago when we were at Mason Dixon. BTW, JLT is still a supporting vendor. ;)