Car show pics - Granby, CT

[Grady Cain]

For anyone in CT or MA who doesn't know about Mark's Auto Parts car show: It runs EVERY MONDAY NIGHT (weather permitting) from Memorial Day to Labor Day and sometimes beyond. It is not unusual to see 800+ cars on a Monday! Fantastic entrance through a row of American flags flanking the road into the show field which is a very well groomed, large area with plenty of space. They have theme nights - last night was Corvettes, they have a Mopar night in the Fall, as well as other themes. I cruised last night with a group of my friends in 1950's cars/rat rods. Over 650 cars last night including some nice Mopars!

 

[Grady Cain]

 

[The Rebel]

That's awesome! Unfortunately too far for me.

 

[Grady Cain]

That's awesome! Unfortunately too far for me.

Nowhere in CT is too far from one end to the other!

 

[The Rebel]

HA!

Nowhere in CT is too far from one end to the other!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Nice pictures, where in CT is that?

 

[Grady Cain]

Mark's Auto Parts & Recyclers - 22 Russell Rd, East Granby, CT 06026 Over 650 cars last night, food, live music - EVERY MONDAY!

 

[The Rebel]

Way over here

 

[Richard Cranium]

That's about a 2 hour ride for me.

 

[The Rebel]

About 1.5 for me on a good day in traffic.

That's about a 2 hour ride for me.

 

[Grady Cain]

25 minutes for me but I used to drive long distances for good shows (when I had a car that was finished that is!) As you know, our car show season in New England is short! Gotta hit 'em all!!!

 

[Budnicks]

Cool photos, thanks for sharing

 

[Z-Man]

Nice pics. Grady thanks.

 

[Riverdawg]

Very cool. That's sounds similar to the Gilmore Car museum though maybe not as many cars. They have a Wed night cruise in down in Hickory Corners, MI. out in the middle of farms and fields. They also have a Mopar show and swap in Late July called Mopars at the Red Barns.

http://www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/events-calendar/wednesday-night-cruise-ins/

 

[GetX'd]

Thanks for sharing. I wish we had something similar within an hour of my place. I'd go every Monday...!

 

[bee71]

Back in the day all of the law enforcement where I grew up had those Plymouth cop cars. They were badass!

 

[Grady Cain]

Back in the day all of the law enforcement where I grew up had those Plymouth cop cars. They were badass!

That Belvedere Police Cruiser was absolutely beautiful.

 

[Grady Cain]

Thanks for sharing. I wish we had something similar within an hour of my place. I'd go every Monday...!

As I posted earlier, our car show 'season' out here in New England is short. There are several regular cruise nights in many towns that occur weekly just so people can get their cars out and hang out with other car people. Mark's is one of the bigger ones but there are many, many other regular week night and weekend cruises state-wide. I will try to get to as many as possible this season, let people know when and where and post photos of the Mopars in attendance!

 

[440fish]

Way over here

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Its actually in East Granby which is closer I-91 than your circle. They do put on a nice event and there's always a wide variety of cars which i enjoy. For some reason i thought the mopar night was in August?

Man monday night must have been a steamer there. Im sure there's antifreeze all over that field. lol

 

[Grady Cain]

Its actually in East Granby which is closer I-91 than your circle. They do put on a nice event and there's always a wide variety of cars which i enjoy. For some reason i thought the mopar night was in August?

Man monday night must have been a steamer there. Im sure there's antifreeze all over that field. lol

According to Mark's on-line schedule of events, there is not a Mopar night listed as of yet. Only takes 15 cars to get a theme night reserved. And yes, it was hot as hell Monday night. Only broke-down car I saw was my friend's rat rod that I was riding in! The HEI module in the distributor decided to **** the bed right after a 3-gear sideways full-on smoky burnout at the top of the hill in front of the crowd. Changed it out on the roadside and we were back in business!