First, I want to say I had a great time this weekend on the Monte Nats! I thought it was great to meet a couple of you guys, Monte Carlo 3831 (Chris), ChibiBlackSheep (Mike), Jaws2008 (Josh), KnightFan26917 (Cort).

I would have loved to bring home a prize, but there is definitely some stiff competition, a lot of great cars. But I hope I'm not steeling any thunder, but Jaws brought home a plaque! Congrats man!! It's like voting for Monte of the Month, lots of great cars but only a few can be prize winners!

Below are some pics from the event.

After my friend Jeff and I took my Monte to a local car wash to clean it up from the 6+ hour drive, we get to the hotel and find there was a area setup for us to wash our cars (DOH!).




Me, after my friend Jeff and I finished a wash and wax on the Monte (coat #2 of wax for this week).






























I don't care what Chibi tells everyone, for the mileage his Monte has, that car is AWESOME! It's truly outstanding to see it in person.

 

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Jaws, Chibi and Me (Chris, when we took this pic, I didn't see ya, I wish you were around to rope into this photo). This was done just a little bit before Mike and his girl friend were prepping to leave.


Not a Monte, nor was it on the show part of the parking lot, but it was near by and worth a pic!




Before leaving Sunday morning, an '03 Pace Car was still in the show part of the lot. I could not resist parking here and grabbing this shot (the '03 Pace was the Monte I REALLY wanted when I search for mine, crazy high miles and high price tags on those babies prevented me from getting one at the time, but I still made an awesome choice)!

 

Looks like a fun time! Thanks for sharing!

 

Nice pics Hope you guys snagged some new members.

 

Well `Maniac, we think U R a Winner 4-Sure..
Great to read that you had a Super time & Safe `Trip..
I envy everyone that got to go 2 the national
Thanks for posting & sharing your pic's ~> EnJoyed 4-Sure.

 

Looks like fun I want to go next year1

 

THANKS Maniac. Thanks for thinking of the guys & girls that couldn't make the show. Hope the weather was a good as the cars that showed up. Did you get a count of how many car's were there ?

 

@Space - Thanks man, I certainly don't feel bad about NOT winning a plaque. There was definately some serious competition. I went out there to have fun, winning a plaque would have been just a bonus. But I had fun, so I got what I wanted

@Ricks - I never really thought to take a couple of cars, I just saw a BUNCH. I think if the GM Nats were not the SAME weekend and roughly an hour away, I think they might have had a larger turn out.

If Monte Nats come to an area near you, I think it would be cool for everyone to get a chance to check it out. When they gave awards, they did a check of furthest distance traveled to get to the show. One guy there stated he drove 2,200 MILES!! I believe he said he came in from Arizona! I assume he trailered his Monte, but regardless, that's a LOT of miles. True dedication!!

 

Kind Words

It was a great day (minus the sunburn!!!)

 

Remember, treat the burn with a aloe based lotion
Hopefully you're not too badly burned.

Overall, you had to agree, the weather was really nice.