{"id":496091,"date":"2016-12-04T00:40:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T08:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=38676"},"modified":"2023-12-18T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:30:18","slug":"americas-classic-auto-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

A little over a year ago, I lamented in this space [\u201c5-year Paradigm, VR, June 2015] about the U.S.\u2019s lack of a major classic car show, such as France\u2019s Retromobile or the UK\u2019s NEC Classic Car Show. In that column, I touched upon my personal belief that a combination of geography and classic car enthusiast\u2019s reticence to support any event that has not been in existence for at least five years, as perhaps the biggest hurdles for one of these events to get off the ground in America. And, that it would it take a major commitment, by a serious player, before we Americans could enjoy one of these large-scale events. Well, I\u2019m pleased to say it appears that a major commitment has finally been made.<\/p>\n

Clarion Events, the large exhibition company responsible for the UK\u2019s massive Classic Car Show at the NEC in Birmingham, has committed to developing a similar show in Los Angeles, California. Dubbed \u201cThe Classic Auto Show, powered by Velocity,\u201d this new event will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 27-29, 2017. Organized by Clarion\u2019s American subsidiary, Urban Expositions, the three-day event will feature car club displays, a \u201cGrand Boulevard\u201d of automotive history, classic car dealers, vendors, a swap meet, plus a celebrity theatre with live appearances by personalities such as Mike Brewer (Wheeler Dealer), Wayne Carini (Chasing Classic Cars), Chip Foose (Overhaulin), Chris Jacobs (Overhaulin, Barrett-Jackson Auctions) and Dave Kindig (Designer, Custom car builder). Added to this, it was also recently announced that renowned collector and consummate \u201cCar Guy\u201d Bruce Meyer has agreed to be the event\u2019s inaugural Grand Marshall. According to Meyer, \u201cBringing The Classic Auto Show to Los Angeles, the real car capital of the world, is a natural, and it brings us all together to celebrate. I\u2019m so honored to be selected Grand Marshall, and I look forward to meeting fellow car lovers and sharing our enthusiasm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of all the places in the United States to hold this unique type of automotive event, Los Angeles has to be one of the top choices. There\u2019s a huge local population of classic cars and enthusiasts to draw upon, many manufacturers have corporate or design centers here, the weather this time of year is better than almost anywhere else in the country and there\u2019s a host of other local attractions to draw upon. Added to all this, the event comes right on the heels of the annual Scottsdale auctions the week before, so now you have a fantastic excuse to extend your New Year, West Coast holiday by a few more days!<\/p>\n

With all this, plus Velocity television getting\u00a0behind the project, the heavens finally appear to have aligned themselves for America to get a major classic car exhibition, worthy of an international\u00a0following.<\/p>\n

Of course, since I was the one who was puling and complaining about us not having this kind of show in the U.S., we here at the magazine will also be pitching in to help. As a media partner to the show, we\u2019re not only helping to spread the word about the show, but we\u2019ve also been asked to help curate some of the special cars on display in the show\u2019s \u201cGrand Boulevard\u201d exhibit.\u00a0 As such, if you have an interesting or significant car (road or race) that you\u2019d like to be considered for this special three-day display, please email me directly at editor@sportscardigest.com<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re able to display a car or not, I hope you\u2019ll join us in Los Angeles, this January, for what is shaping up to be a very unique\u2014and uniquely American\u2014classic car experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own\u2026 A little over a year ago, I lamented in this space [\u201c5-year Paradigm, VR, June 2015] about the U.S.\u2019s lack of a major classic car show, such as France\u2019s Retromobile or the UK\u2019s NEC Classic Car Show. In that column, I touched upon my personal belief that a combination of geography and classic car enthusiast\u2019s reticence to support any event that has not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":578383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,16932],"tags":[432,16936],"class_list":["post-496091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-festivals-shows","tag-events","tag-festivals-shows"],"yoast_head":"\nAmerica\u2019s Classic Auto Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own\u2026 A little over a year ago, I lamented in this space [\u201c5-year Paradigm, VR, June 2015] about the U.S.\u2019s lack of a major classic car show, such as France\u2019s Retromobile or the UK\u2019s NEC Classic Car Show. In that column, I touched upon my personal belief that a combination of geography and classic car enthusiast\u2019s reticence to support any event that has not […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-04T08:40:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-18T19:30:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/FTE.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"693\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brad Jansen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brad Jansen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brad Jansen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4a102b6c55841eb3c603020e604c907\"},\"headline\":\"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-04T08:40:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-18T19:30:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":644,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/FTE.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Car Events & Shows)\",\"Event (Festivals & Shows)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Events & Shows\",\"Festivals & Shows\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/\",\"name\":\"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/FTE.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-04T08:40:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-18T19:30:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4a102b6c55841eb3c603020e604c907\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/FTE.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/FTE.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":693},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/americas-classic-auto-show\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4a102b6c55841eb3c603020e604c907\",\"name\":\"Brad Jansen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/1000-millas-sport-2010-ferrari-250-gt-swb-1-293x293.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/1000-millas-sport-2010-ferrari-250-gt-swb-1-293x293.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/1000-millas-sport-2010-ferrari-250-gt-swb-1-293x293.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Brad Jansen\"},\"description\":\"Ever since Brad was a child, he has been utterly fascinated by cars\u2014particularly the gleaming, chromed wonders of yesteryears. While other kids were catching bugs or playing with dolls, he was hunting down dilapidated Datsuns and battered Buicks, dreaming of restoring them to their former glory. His bedroom walls were plastered not with pop stars or movie posters, but with vibrant images of pristine vintage vehicles from the roaring '20s to the groovy '60s. Instead of morning alarms, Brad preferred the rumble of a classic carbureted engine to rouse him from slumber. Brad continues to leave a trail of envy and exhaust fumes behind him wherever he goes.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/brad_jansen\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show","og_description":"After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own\u2026 A little over a year ago, I lamented in this space [\u201c5-year Paradigm, VR, June 2015] about the U.S.\u2019s lack of a major classic car show, such as France\u2019s Retromobile or the UK\u2019s NEC Classic Car Show. In that column, I touched upon my personal belief that a combination of geography and classic car enthusiast\u2019s reticence to support any event that has not […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2016-12-04T08:40:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-18T19:30:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":693,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/FTE.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Brad Jansen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brad Jansen","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/"},"author":{"name":"Brad Jansen","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a4a102b6c55841eb3c603020e604c907"},"headline":"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show","datePublished":"2016-12-04T08:40:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-18T19:30:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/"},"wordCount":644,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/FTE.jpg","keywords":["Event (Car Events & Shows)","Event (Festivals & Shows)"],"articleSection":["Car Events & Shows","Festivals & Shows"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/","name":"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/FTE.jpg","datePublished":"2016-12-04T08:40:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-18T19:30:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a4a102b6c55841eb3c603020e604c907"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/FTE.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/FTE.jpg","width":1080,"height":693},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/americas-classic-auto-show\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"America\u2019s Classic Auto Show"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a4a102b6c55841eb3c603020e604c907","name":"Brad Jansen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1000-millas-sport-2010-ferrari-250-gt-swb-1-293x293.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1000-millas-sport-2010-ferrari-250-gt-swb-1-293x293.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1000-millas-sport-2010-ferrari-250-gt-swb-1-293x293.jpg","caption":"Brad Jansen"},"description":"Ever since Brad was a child, he has been utterly fascinated by cars\u2014particularly the gleaming, chromed wonders of yesteryears. While other kids were catching bugs or playing with dolls, he was hunting down dilapidated Datsuns and battered Buicks, dreaming of restoring them to their former glory. His bedroom walls were plastered not with pop stars or movie posters, but with vibrant images of pristine vintage vehicles from the roaring '20s to the groovy '60s. Instead of morning alarms, Brad preferred the rumble of a classic carbureted engine to rouse him from slumber. Brad continues to leave a trail of envy and exhaust fumes behind him wherever he goes.","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/brad_jansen\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}