A Great Day at the CAMA Car Show event on Sunday! 
Colin Gentle and I met up in New Milford Sunday morning and drove up to the event, Colin in his beautiful little 1960 TR3 and me in my 1971 Datsun 240Z. The weather was sunny and warm, a perfect day for a car show.
I wanted to go to this event, not so much for just a car show, but to visit the CAMA facility which I had been to once before. I don't think there is another place in this state that is so nostalgic and lay back as this place. Actually, I am not a big "car show" guy, but as someone else once said "you go to the car show but you stay for the people you meet". This is SO TRUE at this place. There was no end to the number of people who stopped by to look at our cars and chat with us to share their stories.
The event staff was very friendly and accommodating. To start our day there, they had coffee and breakfast sandwiches which were cooked right there and served to us by a local boy scout troupe. Lunch items were also served, all at very reasonable prices. Colin and I were entered in the Class 10 "Import Car" group which had a variety of great looking cars that parked with us, including MG's, Porsches, Triumphs, a cool Honda van and an Austin Healey 100 just to name a few. Luckily, our group ended up parking in a beautifully shaded area which only added to the enjoyment.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies were given out to all of the classes. The TR4, a VW beetle and the Healey were the winners in our class, and well deserved. My only regret is that we had so much fun looking at the cars and chatting with all the "car people" that we never got a chance to go into the open museum exhibits. Well, I will just have to save that for the CAMA Fall Festival to be held this coming September 23 -25. I highly recommend that you put that event on your fall calendar.
I see Colin has just added some pictures to this topic. Enjoy!
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