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Lots and lots of cars (surprising how many are from MN and there were at least 1000 cars with for sale signs in them) and lots and lots of vendors… Cars are mixed in with the MN state fair grounds, under trees and they have a couple large lots. No rain today but it was hot and sticky (their was a breeze that helped a bit).
A couple of photos …
miles and miles of cars and these ladies forgot their walking shoes:
Mecum auction. Kinda cool to see the behind the scenes look at it. It was indoors with some pretty crappie lighting for the cars parked inside.
Mecum’s jump kits (with fire extinguisher)
The young lady you see on the shows who puts the sold stickers on (you probably couldn’t tell on tv but she is about 6′-2″)
Tempest that sold for 7.2k
3 year old frame off restoration of a t-bird sold for 24.5k:
GM’s luxury liner
Vendors and more vendors … indoors and outdoors (there was one vendor that was a drug store with water, soda, meds, suntan lotion, candy bars …)
Rad Rides by Troy:
Stadium seating:
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Great pics, looks like a fun time. Is there one central location for everything, or is it spread out all over?
It is all over the fair grounds and in some of their parking lots ….
Day 2 … I walked in at 7:30 AM (they must allow you to leave your car over night, because the roads around the park were packed). I wish I had a printed off a map because if you don’t walk down the right roads you may miss a lot with a +100 cars in it … The final count was a record breaking weekend 11,795 registered cars….
view at 7:30AM
View at 1PM
Sign the truck ….
a little advertisement for the website:
Later in the day …
Who needs a tow?
She doesn’t even look real in this photo …
Lots of great deals today at Mecum….
this went for 18k (it was very well done):
SOld for 4k Rambler Wagon:
Sold for 13k:
1961 Porsche tractor sold for 13k
Mr. Mecum getting the deal done!
Check out the kid in the back ….
Can’t miss this one …
Riding the drive ….
Fix it tent … they had a tent with a trailer full of every tool you need, jacks, jack stands and so on … grab it and fix your ride!
The inside of this one looks like the outside (both ends have steering wheels … dash…)
Who needs a truck when we have our 4 door impala?
1 of about 25 1964 Rivera’s ….
yes it is that small! look at the people standing next to it!
Another weee car
Blue Chip made it too:
We had never been to the show before and I’ll just say it’s an amazing event and you cannot fathom the number of cars they pack in that place until you see it firsthand!!! Cars from every state, cars of every shape, size and condition. Vendors for just about anything and miles and miles and miles of cars. It was a very fun weekend!
I’m pretty sure they do not allow anyone to keep their cars in the lot overnight, but I also don’t understand how the park fills so quickly given we left the hotel at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday and had to get in line for the gates to open at 6:00. We had to wait for a parking lot to empty near us before we could go and there had to be 500+ cars in the lot. When we got into the fairgrounds around 6:30 there had to easily be 2000 cars already parked.
I would highly recommend the show!
Ryan, that last pic of Blue Chip is Bruce Stewart’s car, not sure if you knew that or not.
Some great pictures. Thanks for sharing!
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