WEUP Car & Bike Show

[fantastic4]

Maybe I should trailer back and park next to Jasper.

[EvilZ]

^I have no idea who you are or who your talking about but seriously dude get over it. You have a show car.....wow I'm so impressed.

I could be wrong but I don't see that many people pay $50 to enter there car in a local show.......

Did anyone go last year? I had thought about until I found out it was like $10 or $15 just to get in.

[fantastic4]

Wasn't talking about you, I don't you so don't worry about it.

[Samir]

Originally Posted by JayDM

I could be wrong but I don't see that many people pay $50 to enter there car in a local show.......

Did anyone go last year? I had thought about until I found out it was like $10 or $15 just to get in.

WEUP called me about this event and how HCS can be involved. When I was asking about the concept, it's not like a traditional car show. It's more of an car expo and concert merged with car show aspects. $50 is a lot when you compare it to traditional car shows, but this is a different concept.

A few people did go last year. If I would've gotten a press pass last year (I have them this year), I would've covered the event.

[JayMack75]

Is Smiley running it? lol $50, 8 classes...including "other"
Seriously though, if it wasn't WEUP running it, I'd think it was another con man trying to scam Huntsville.

I'm not knocking the show...but seriously, its $40 for 2 passes to a 2-day show at the end of this month in Memphis which will have street trucks, truckin, mini truckin, hot rodder, drop jaw, SoCalCustoms, etc. magazine coverage at it not to mention Sickness Video, Domination Video, etc. as far as coverage is concerned. They have usually around 75 awards not including the "best of" awards.

$50 for a one day show with nothing other than some music doesn't seem too practical to someone who actually does car shows on a regular basis. If they want the local show cars to come out and represent on a large scale...DROP THE PRICE and adding some classes wouldn't hurt.

I actually thought about entering the suburban in this one since Ardmore is 99% classic cars...but then I saw the price. Then I had to be at my office out of town...so no shows for me this weekend...booooooooooooooooooooo...

[JayMack75]

Originally Posted by WEUP's Website

"This Year's Show will be Hosted by BLOCK ENT's Russel "BIG BLOCK" Spencer - "Kirkwood, Ga....Zone 6"!! He's bringing his "Donkasurus" and looking for someone to beat him!!!!"

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Not the way to get people to pay $50 to enter a show. I haven't seen one donk that can come close to this one in this area. But, if you want to include other stuff to "beat it" then:


















...just sayin'

I know they may not all be "donks" but hey...are they just looking for donks to be in the show?

[EvilZ]

Wow $50 to park on dirt...........thats whats up!!!!

To each his own........I'm assumg donk-zilla-sorus-rex is the burnt orange one???? Once again to each his own.

[LagoGarda]

Originally Posted by EvilZ51

Wow $50 to park on dirt...........thats whats up!!!!

To each his own........I'm assumg donk-zilla-sorus-rex is the burnt orange one???? Once again to each his own.

Thought it was "indoors"....I kinda base my attendance on what cause money is being raised for.....

[Samir]

Originally Posted by EvilZ51

I'm assumg donk-zilla-sorus-rex is the burnt orange one????

Yep.

[EvilZ]

So basically they did 30k worth of work to a $500 car........awesome idea!

[Samir]

Originally Posted by EvilZ51

So basically they did 30k worth of work to a $500 car........awesome idea!

Actually, they spent about $240k. But the cost aspect can be applied to almost any car that undergoes restoration or modification. If you're modifying to increase the value, you'll almost never get your money back.

[EvilZ]

Originally Posted by Samir

Actually, they spent about $240k. But the cost aspect can be applied to almost any car that undergoes restoration or modification. If you're modifying to increase the value, you'll almost never get your money back.

They got ripped off...........as far as the modifying to increase value I see where your coming from but.......think about resto mods and clone cars. You take for example 67-69 RS/SS Camaro and either make it a clone car (Z-28, SS 396, Yenko....whatever) or put a LSX in it with AC, power seats, etc. and I assure you'd make money on the car. Look at Barret Jackson the past few years, these have been some of the hottest selling cars at the auction. Granted you would need to do a lot of the work yourself but it's very realistic to make good money like that. Sorry I'm just kind of a nerd when it comes to this stuff. I kinda look at it like the car stock market.......lol.

[Samir]

Originally Posted by EvilZ51

...as far as the modifying to increase value I see where your coming from but.......think about resto mods and clone cars. You take for example 67-69 RS/SS Camaro and either make it a clone car (Z-28, SS 396, Yenko....whatever) or put a LSX in it with AC, power seats, etc. and I assure you'd make money on the car. Look at Barret Jackson the past few years, these have been some of the hottest selling cars at the auction. Granted you would need to do a lot of the work yourself but it's very realistic to make good money like that. Sorry I'm just kind of a nerd when it comes to this stuff. I kinda look at it like the car stock market.......lol.

I agree with you, and definitely can see the financial analyst point-of-view as my dad drove that into my head growing up. But because there is a lot of value in a car which is special to someone that can't translate to a dollar value--nostalgia, family memories, etc., most people will spend more dollar-wise than they otherwise will recoup dollar-wise. I know. I'm guilty of it myself on every car I own.