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Chryslers At Carlisle 2023
The 2023 Chrysler Nationals held at the Carlisle fairgrounds was a great success, with over 3,000 registered show vehicles. Add another 500 to 1,000 cars & trucks that spectators parked on the property, made this biggest gathering of Mopar only iron in one spot on record.
There was plenty of cars to see at this event even though there were spotty showers on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, but the late afternoons afforded us some great opportunities to photograph some great cars and talk with some of the owners. The show fields were organized into body platforms, A, B, C, F & M. There were also classes for the Plymouth Prowler, Viper, PT Cruiser and the new TRX Ram.
On the property adjacent to the highway there was a makeshift road course set-up where lucky individuals like myself were able to ride along in a 700 Horsepower Hellcat Charger & Challenger.
It was the best 70 seconds of my life !
The FCA brought out half a dozen cars and the new Demon 170 was on display!
I tried to capture what I could on the show field and got some great shots & video in building T. It was filled with race cars and customs, I felt those fit this page best so I concentrated on them. We also stayed late on Sunday to capture the cars leaving, which was in my opinion the best part of the show. You can only look at a car so long before you say "I want to hear what this Hemi sounds like."
I left plenty of cards with my contact info, hopefully some owners will contact me so I can get more information on their awesome rides!
Enjoy some of these moments caught on film at the event !
The Northeast Viper Club
The Plymouth Prowler Club
Ram Trucks of every color were on display, as far as the eye could see!
Check out this wild Daytona, it has a hot small block and rear wheel drive conversion.
There were special guests on hand who were happy to talk and share their stories.
We meet the original Golden Commando's team.
Hamming it up for the camera was the one and only Butch Leal.
This is the actual Duster that was on the cover of the Direct-Connection catalogue. It just went through a complete restoration and it looks perfect. The attention to detail was amazing. All the sponsor logos were painted on.
Wait there's more !
The special guest at this years show was Miss Hurst Linda Vaughn. She has a great personality and shared some great stories with us.
Long Island - Al Levine was there with his Blown Hemi Plymouth, we did a full story on this car 2 years ago. This is a 9-second street car !
Hot Heads had their shop car on display along with some early (331-354-392) Hemi parts.
This is a custom Gremlin-Hornet El Camino.
Stay tuned ! More to come from Carlisle.
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