Midwest Mopars in the Park, May 30th - June 1st 2025, Farmington Minnesota.
- Thread starter King Hooter
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11:00 came and went. Only few were around when we took the picture. There were a couple more at the show.
From Left to right @Polara_500_Jr , @King Hooter ,@69CoronetRT , and @HWYCRZR
From Left to right @Polara_500_Jr , @King Hooter ,@69CoronetRT , and @HWYCRZR
SportFury70
Senior Member
Agreed, so did I. I thought it was his actual car until I saw Dave’s post that it wasn’t
SportFury70
Senior Member
Any information at all on that dark turquoise ‘67 VIP by chance?
That belongs to a nice guy that drive down from Ontario. He was there last year too. I think he’s a member here
From Thunder Bay Ontario. 318 car, added "factory Cruise control" gets around 23-23 MPG on his 8 hour road trip. Looking to add disc brakes shortly.
GOLDMYN
Senior Member
all and all, how was the show? attendance?
The guy with the blue slab Plymouth wagon that was parked in the barn posted some pics on FB. What was the distinction between the cars parked inside vs outside?
Was there any year cut-off (as in, all pre-1980 or some such)? Were there any 300m's ?
Was there any year cut-off (as in, all pre-1980 or some such)? Were there any 300m's ?
No cut off, we had new cars just across from old. Indoors was special attraction… the wagons, and last years winners. I do not recall any 300m
Not bad. They posted around 960 registered and unofficial car count 1140 something.. pretty good. Much weaker c body turnout than last year i feel like though.
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
@1973Imperial
Went out of his way to make sure Scott was honored at his hometown Mopar show.
I dont know if this was the A body crew or C body crew or a mixture of folks that knew Scott.
Thanks Alot Keith. I dont know if I will ever be able to attend this show without Scott.
Went out of his way to make sure Scott was honored at his hometown Mopar show.
I dont know if this was the A body crew or C body crew or a mixture of folks that knew Scott.
Thanks Alot Keith. I dont know if I will ever be able to attend this show without Scott.
69CoronetRT
Senior Member
From my walking through the A and B bodies, I thought car count was significantly up from last year.
My impression was overall C bodies on site was up too. There were a lot of C bodies not parked on the showfield with the rest of the cars.
It's hard to tell about attendance as it's a smaller venue than Stillwater. There could have been the same amount of people but just in closer quarters.
I felt like the number of swap vendors was down but maybe that was just due to the change in the swap meet layout.
I didn't think there were that many cars in the parking area. There have been years I've had to wait in line to even get to the parking area. I got right in on Saturday morning.
I did notice that food costs were WAY higher this year.
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We all talked about that sign in the imperial window. No slue who that was. The picture shown must have been the A Body group. I wish we would have coordinated something together in memorial.
We had a memorial at the A body Meet and Greet. Keith had some kind words to say and we had a toast to Scott. He always came over to say Hi and chat for a while at the show. His photo was on display all weekend along with Scott's beverage of choice, Spotted Cow.
@1973Imperial Nice car. I was parked next to you part of the weekend. My wife says I am nuts wanting an ever bigger boat like yours. I was going to catch you and see if you were on the site, but never saw you at the car unless you were leaving. Maybe next time 
1973Imperial
New Member
Thanks, the group was our FABO group, but everyone there knew him….and misses him. I’m not even sure if Scott had an a-body but several years ago we became friends on FABO, probably cause it was the 1st website Joey had it was a great source for info…and fun! Scott was always hanging out with us at the show, and I was lucky enough to spend time outside the show with him as well. When I got my 1973 Imperial Scott was so excited for me, told me where all the good FB pages were and talked me into joining FCBO. We shared many texts and calls, I was really excited to bring my car there so he could see it in person…sadly that didn’t get to happen. I’m not a group speaker, and even got a little choked up during the toast, I had a picture framed up and even saved him a Spotted Cow his friends brought from Wisconsin just for a toast. I the main reason I brought my car to the show was because of him and to honor him, I was impressed with the amount of C-body cars there were, sorry I didn’t hang out much by my car to meet people, it was a busy weekend and I had my meet n greet to host over in the A-body group too, time just goes by so fast at this show. The show was awesome and the weather was great, had a fun time but Scott was on my mind a lot, I sure miss my friend…he was such a great guy to us all
I took a bunch of pictures that I will get posted up soon!
BTW… @71Polara383 Wyatt, I think you should come to our show sometime, it’s awesome and you would love it, I know Scott would enjoy it and he will always be there in spirit it!
I took a bunch of pictures that I will get posted up soon!
BTW… @71Polara383 Wyatt, I think you should come to our show sometime, it’s awesome and you would love it, I know Scott would enjoy it and he will always be there in spirit it!
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King Hooter
Senior Member
It would be great if some year the Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, ect. delegation could make it up.
He had a dart in his garage last time I was to his place. He had that before the C bodies but at some point we dragged him to the dark side. I know he was planning to finish the dart at some time and make it faster than ever.
@71Polara383 Do you know what the family did with the crazy garages and garages of cars and parts? And I second you should make it over maybe next year!
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
I have no idea what happened yet. Im assuming and hopeful - nothing has moved as his home was paid off. Storage was paid for thru 2025.
SportFury70
Senior Member
Hmmm, interesting. Thank you for the info. Do you know what the interior color is (which I believe is black from the picture but want to confirm,) and if it has air conditioning? Figured it was a 318 since I did not see a commando badge on the fender after you told me it was a 318, he definitely had a long trek to the show being 8 hours. Disc brakes are definitely better than drums. I know my stepdad would love to add cruise control to his dark turquoise VIP someday. I love his creative license plate too by the way!
