Allpar New Jersey Meet, 2008
October 2008, 10 am to 4 pm (preliminary schedule). Open to all Chrysler Corporation and AMC vehicles. See our 2007 show coverage!
This is a nice small show. There are some nice trophies and raffle prizes; last year, Eastwood and Applebees both provided vouchers, and just about everyone got some Meguiars stuff. (Meguiars Car Care Products generously donated over 3 dozen bottles of product for us to distribute to our Meet participants). There are ten registration categories, and new categories can be created for vehicles that don’t fit into any of them.
The meet has traditionally been held by the New Jersey/New York Slant Six club, but starting in 2007 it has been cosponsored by Allpar. That means we’re guaranteed to have a certain number of Slant Six Club members showing - so we should have a pretty good crowd. In 2007, we had 33 cars, and that was double the number that showed up in 2006; we’ll be trying to get at least 40 for 2008.
Food is not available on-site, other than beef hot dogs we’ll try to buy for everyone, but you can bring food and a small (table-top) gas grill if you like. The price to show your car is $8 per carload of people, waived for those who have Donor Level IIII status on the Allpar forums (just contact me in advance!). Half of the club’s net is donated to charity. There is a 50/50 raffle which in 2007 ran to over $70, and numerous prizes are raffled as “second chances.”
There are over ten registration categories; we may create another for you if you don’t fit into the existing categories (award in that case would be a certificate). Judging is by popular vote. All AMC and Chrysler products are eligible.
If you’ve never been to a meet, this is a nice, comfortable, low-pressure meet.
Directions
The location will - we hope! - be the New Jersey Agricultural Museum, just off Route 1 South, in North Brunswick, off College Farm Road. From the Turnpike, take Route 18 West to Route 1 South and stay in the right lane. It’s past the Sears and Ryder’s Lane exits if you’re on Route 1 South. This is a pretty central location and it's on major highways, but the show itself is far enough from the highway to be pleasant (you can’t hear the traffic), with indoor bathrooms in the Agricultural Museum. If you bring kids, we suggest taking them for a tour of the museum while you’re there.
This is a SMALL exit. Watch for it as soon as you pass Ryder’s Lane! We will have a sign posted if you aren’t early.
If you’re coming from Route 1 North, turn around at Route 18 (get onto Route 18 west). Route 1 is a divided highway (so is Route 18 and for that matter 95, 287, and the Garden State Parkway.)
This area is convenient to the Parkway, Route 287, Route 78, and other local arteries; it's not that far from Route 80 (about 1/2 hour).
