Pictures of WPC Show in Elmhurst, IL

[steveplym]

Found some pictures on a friends website of the WPC Car show in Elmhurst, IL. Which is up by Chicago a few weeks ago. Some nice old mopars on here, thought I would share.

http://public.fotki.com/hazardman/wpc-club-car-show-2/

[Frank Elder]

Love the d-24, and cop car!

[Captain Neon]

I hate to sound purist, but it seems terribly wrong to me that non-MoPar vehicles are permitted to show at what has been billed an all-MoPar (WPC) show. I must be getting old if a late 80s Chevy Caprice is now considered a show car.

My father-in-law runs a MoPars-only show in Clifton Park NY (Capital Area Mopars), and is pretty lenient about the MoPars-only rule (Ford body/MoPar engine-OK, MoPar body/GM engine-OK, AMC-OK, Hudson-OK, Packard-OK, etc). However, he has had to return entry fees and turn folks away that want to show their non-Mopar vehicles. What part of MoPars-only do these Ford and Chevy guys not understand?

[Norm's Coupe]

Ben,

Was it the fact that the Chevy was an 80's Chevy or that it was just a Chevy? I agree with you that if it's an all one marque show, that's the only cars that should be there. However, it really doesn't hurt if an off marque car is there, it just can't be judged.

If it's also the 80's car that you disagree with. Well.........lets face it, these were not the cars we grew up with. But.......they are still over 20 years old if before 1989 and therefore are now considered a classic car. We will just have to get use to seeing those cars at shows, because that's what a lot of the younger generation is collecting and restoring now. Our cars are no longer classics. They are antiques now. And yes, we are now becoming antiques as well.

[Captain Neon]

Like I said, I'm probably just getting old. It is just hard to visualise the car that most of my parents' friends drove to get groceries as a show car this soon. Now an '84 Buick Grand National or an '84 Pontiac Firebird TransAm that's a whole other story, but for a grocery-getter they need to be at least 35 years old, IMHO.

[randroid]

Gents,

Since this thread has already been hijacked into the toilet I thought I might give it a giggle of the handle; I see validity in each of your points. Perhaps if a category for non-WPC were provided, direct comparisons of the different makes, should anyone care to do that. Most importantly,though, it seems that the folks who put as much work into their rides as we put into ours get a minor opportunity to show the fruit of their labors.

Flush, gurgle gurgle gurgle.

-Randy

[Young Ed]

I have a feeling this was just a show sponsered by the WPC. Besides the Caprice there were a few fords a buick etc.

[claybill]

i dont get it....WPC..? what does it mean?

i live a few miles from elmhurst and I , nor other friends or members of the dairyland ply club didnt know about this show....i think it was a local show put on by the local car dealership..

anybody know..?

bill

[Merle Coggins]

i dont get it....WPC..? what does it mean?

bill

WPC = Walter P. Chrylser. The WPC Club is a nation wide club, much like the POC, but for all Chrysler product owners. There is a fairly large active chapter in the Chicago area, and they no doubt organized that show.

[desoto1939]

WPC is a national car club standing for Walter P Chrysler. They recognise all the various makes and models of car and trucks that have been associated with the Chrysler family.

They have a very nice monthly newsletter that is printed on glossy paper and a lot of technical articles. A lot of work goes into each edition. I have been a member for several years.

There are local chapters of this national organization throughout the US.

Rich Hartung

desoto1939@aol.com

[steveplym]

i dont get it....WPC..? what does it mean?

i live a few miles from elmhurst and I , nor other friends or members of the dairyland ply club didnt know about this show....i think it was a local show put on by the local car dealership..

anybody know..?

bill

I know this show goes on every year as I have seen the pictures from past years. It may just be called the Walter P Chrysler car show, as it is at a local chrysler dealer, and not be affiliated with the WPC club. Or it could be put on by the local WPC club if there is one. I'm not sure.

[steveplym]

Okay, I did a little research and found this on the WPC national website.

April 19, 2009, Elmhurst, IL. Northern Illinois Region Swap Meet and Car Show. Held at Larry Roesch Chrysler. More info

to follow.

Then I found the club regions homepage. Looks like this is just a local car show and swap meet put on by the Northern Illinois Region of the WPC club. All makes and models are apparently welcome.

http://nirwpc.50megs.com/

[Rodney Bullock]

I don't want to sound like a purist but I like the one make show. I like seeing all the models and years of a single make. You all might know from my posts that I go to a Studebaker swap meet every year. All parts all cars all trucks are Studebaker. They have them all pver the country.I would like to see all the Orphan makes do this in the future. It would be easier to find parts and make connections. I invited Don to a show here in Rockville where you could see just about every make of car there was, this was a great show. We only have about 4 shows like this around here. I would love to see a Pontiac show. Well maybe it's me but I like to see how the mind of the designers changed over the coarse of about 15 years. This gives me great joy. I don't know call me nuts:rolleyes: