10/15/2016 - Rockville Antique and Classic Auto Show
About the Event
Join the National Capital Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. on the grounds of Glenview Mansion when more than 550 antique and classic automobiles go on display. This will be our chapter's second year as a member of the Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show committee. We are looking to improve representation of the BMW marque at this event over last year's spectacular increase over past years. 31 car clubs are represented at this event. The show also has a flea market and car sales area.
This event is open to the public and admission is free for spectators. Food and drink will be available for purchase at the event.
View photos from the 2015 show.
Registration - Car Show, Flea Market and Car Sales
http://forum.nccbmwcca.org/attachmen...&stc=1&thumb=1
Registration opened on Friday, July 1, 2016. You may register by downloading and completing the attached registration form and mailing payment, or by completing an online registration form (service charge applies for online registration.)
Fees for the 2016 show are as follows:
| Show Car |
$10 |
$20 |
| Car Sale Space |
$30 |
$40 |
| Flea Market Space |
$30 |
$40 |
Notes:
The last day to preregister your vehicle is Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m. After this date registrations will only be accepted on the day of the event.
MotorSportReg registration is not required for this event.
Went last year, was blown away...
A few months before the 2015 show, I saw an ad for another "municipal car show" on the counter of a local tire store, and decided to check that out. I found a total of perhaps two dozen cars, of which perhaps half were interesting. I expected the same from the Rockville show, but decided to go anyway because I was looking for a tool I hoped to find at the flea market.
I was wrong. I was totally blown away.
Someone brought a working Amphicar (and told me all about the experience of registering the same vehicle as both a car and a boat). I watched someone demonstrate the electric sliding doors on her Z1 and then walked downhill to a 1954 Kaiser Darrin (the first American car with a fiberglass body, and manual sliding doors...), which was next to an SLS AMG, after passing a Lotus Super 7 (the car Patrick McGoohan drives in the opening of The Prisoner, but this one was modified for autocross competition). I had a long chat with a guy who brought his wife's Alfa-Romeo 164 and another chat with a guy who brought his '71 Challenger Slat 6 and several long chats with the owners of a couple of Citroën DSes and a couple of Citroën 2CVs including one modified as a bakery van. I never got to talk to the owners of any of the dozen Panteras (never knew they made any with wings...) or the owner of the Cadillac V-16 or the Pierce-Arrow parked nearby, and hardly got to check out the Porsches at all, but darn it I just ran out of time.
Also, I had owned my E91 for six months, and conversations with the owners of the couple of dozen BMWs being shown convinced me to join BMWCCA and got me a membership brochure. (Thanks everybody!)
My point is, if the phrase "city municipal auto show" makes you think of a two-dozen-car affair, do not be misled. This show is FAR beyond that.
