22nd Annual
Chrysler Convention
will be
August 26, 2007
Sunday
8am to 4pm
(Rain or Shine)
New Englands' Largest All-Mopar® Car Show & Swap
A local fundraising event of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) with proceeds to benefit The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
Connecticut Golf Land and Games
95 Hartford Avenue
Route 83
Vernon, CT 06066
The 22nd Annual Chrysler Convention will be held, rain or shine, August 26, 2007 at the Connecticut Golfland, Route 83 Vernon, CT. This is a Charity show to support MDA. This is New England’s Largest all Mopar show & Swap. We accept all vehicles that come under the Mopar Umbrella and will have classes for them. There is an AMC, Jeep, new production, front wheel drive, trucks and all the usual Muscle classes.
This show celebrates its 20th anniversary at this location. Food will be sold to benefit MDA. There will be music and possibly a live band. There are lots of kid friendly activities on the grounds. A small donation to MDA will get children free tickets for Golfland amusements.
Pre-registration is encouraged to keep the lines moving so as all cars can get registered and parked as quickly as possible. In the event of foul weather, all pre-registrations will have their T-shirts mailed out.
There will be 20 Judged Classes with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. A minimum of 10 vehicles constitutes a class for trophies. Anything less than this is subject to revision.
For Car Show Information contact:
Joel Cooper
(860) 257-8434
Email: JoelC@snet.net
Plan to spend the night. Make your reservation early at: Quality Inn & Conference Center on the grounds of the convention. Special rate available if you make your reservation by August 10th!
Wrap up from the 2006 Chrysler Convention Show
The weather was not in our favor as the skies opened up around 11 AM. We had 135 vehicles participate.
I would like to thanks our many sponsors who helped keep the people happy under these harsh condition.
- Gengras Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep of East Hartford,
- Herb’s Auto Parts of Delaware,
- A-vend of Hartford,
- Cantale Drywall of New Britain,
- Gem Jewelry of CT.,
- Foxwoods Casino & Resort of CT.,
- Hooter’s of CT.,
- Quality Inn of Vernon.
These fine companies provided food and door prizes.
Our fine staff of volunteers included
- Sue,
- Bill Corcoran and his Family,
- Phil Cooper and Family,
- Joe Sokola and Family
- Al Rick,
- Dale Goss,
- Curt Rosseler and
- chef Ron Cantale.
Our Best of Show Trophy went to
John Michael
of
Falls River, Massachusetts.
His 1969 Plymouth Barracuda proves that a big motored vehicle doesn’t always win. His slant 6 powered car has lots of class and memories. This car can be seen at Mopar shows all over the East. I asked John to write a little piece about the “KEPR”.
"I bought this Barracuda when I was 19 years old. I traded a 63 VW for it. I had painted the VW orange with a black top. This Barracuda was the first new car I ever owned.
I purchased a 6 cylinder because of my not so great driving record and for insurance reasons. This car was part of the dealer inventory, not a special order. It was the stripped version, no power steering or brakes and no radio. I couldn't afford the extra $54.00 for the radio anyway.
My wife and I got married in 1972 and we drove this car to Quebec on our honeymoon. We both drove this car until 1978. That is when the diaphragm in the fuel pump let go and washed the engine with gas.
I left it parked in front of the house and one day someone knocked at our door asking to buy it. He said he would buy the whole car but he really wanted it just for parts. He offered me $1,500.
It was then that I decided to put the Barracuda into the garage and just hang onto it for a while. We had a two-stall garage at the time.
Eighteen years later I thought it was time to either fix it or get rid of it. I decided to fix it up. Restoration started in summer of 1996 and was completed in summer of 1997. Because it is a "fish" and we kept it so long, we named it "keeper".
At the time we didn't know much about cruise nights or car shows. Since then we have put on over 20,000 miles. We have driven this car around the lake, Lake Ontario that is, to Toronto and then to a show in New Hamburg, and also to several Chryslers shows in NH, NY, NJ, and PA.
I enjoy the fact that it is a 6 cylinder because if anything goes wrong, I can go to any auto parts store and get whatever I need to fix it. I have a bigger garage now and with the two other Barracudas I picked up along the way we call the garage my "fish tank".
One is a 1969 slant six convertible and the other is a 1970 440 Cuda convertible."
