RECOMMEND RIDING BIKES AND
BUSES AND NORTH STAR TRAINS ARE
STILL RUNNING.> USA TODAY
NAMED IT THE BEST CAR SHOW IN
THE NATION.
NOW WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE
50s FOR THE 44th YEAR.
WE ARE LIVE AT THE STATE
FAIRGROUNDS FOR THIS CLASSIC
EVENT. Reporter: IF YOU STEP
ONTO THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS YOU
CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS
BEEN NAMED THE BEST CAR SHOW IN
THE NATION, 12,000 DIFFERENT
MAKES AND MODELS, WE HAVE AN
ORGANIZER HERE, WHAT IS THE
REQUIREMENT TO GET IN? ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS HAVE A CAR
THAT IS 1964 AND OLDER AND
REGISTER FOR THE SHOW. AFTER
44 YEARS, CARS TAKE CENTER
STAGE BUT WHAT ELSE HAPPENS?
WE HAVE LADY SHOWCASE, 350
VENDORS, CAR PARTS AND SO
FORTH, KIDS GAMES, TRACTOR
POLES, IT'S FULL OF ACTIVITIES
AND TONIGHT WE WILL HAVE ROBBIE
BE PLAYING, THERE IS A
ROCKABILLY BAND THREE ACTUALLY
FROM NOON TO THREE, A PINUP
CONTEST. PLENTY GOING ON.
WHAT'S THE COOLEST CAR YOU'VE
SEEN SO FAR? THE COOLEST CAR,
THERE ARE SO MANY IT'S HARD TO
SAY.
FOR ME THERE IS A NICE 49
CADILLAC THAT I LIKE.
TWO THANK YOU, WE HAVE AN OWNER
OF ONE OF THOSE CARS.
THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME BEING
HER.
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO BE
HERE? I AM KIND OF THE JOKE
OF THE COMMUNITY, IT TOOK ME 32
YEARS TO GET ON THE ROAD. 32
YEARS, GIVE ME A RUNDOWN ON
THIS CAR. IN 1955 CHEVROLET
BEL AIR HARDTOP. IT WAS IN
PIECES WHEN I BROUGHT IT HOME,
MY WIFE HAD DOUBTS ABOUT IT BUT
WE STARTED HAVING KIDS AND THEN
I NEVER PUT THE CAR IN FRONT OF
FAMILY.
IT WAS ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN.
I JUST FINISHED AT THIS WEEK.
A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS WITH IT?
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE HERE?
LOVELY, I LOVE IT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, IF YOU WANT TO
HEAD DOWN, THE SHOW RUNS FROM 8
A RICHER AND HAPPIER
EXISTENCE.> MORE THAN 12,000
STREET RODS CLASSICS, CUSTOMS
AND MORE ARE AT THE STATE
FAIRGROUNDS FOR BACK TO THE 50s
WE CAN.
THAT IS WHERE RACHEL IS THIS
MORNING, HANGING AROUND SOME
PRETTY SWEET RIGHTS.
Reporter: -- THE SHOW JUST GOT
UNDERWAY ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO,
THOUSANDS OF CARS LIGHT UP ON
THE STAIR -- STATE FAIR
GROUNDS.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE PARTS OF THE
SHOW IS YOU GET TO TALK TO THE
OWNERS.
WE HAVE JIM MAYER HERE, WHAT
ARE YOU SHOWING THIS YEAR? A
1962 CORVETTE. WHAT IS THE
DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS
CAR? ACCUSTOMED CORVETTE, THE
DRIVETRAIN IS OUT OF AND 04
CORVETTE.
Reporter: ONE THING WE HEAR
A LOT OF, WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE IN YOURS?
ACCUSTOMED -- A CUSTOM HOT
ROD, THIS IS A CUSTOM.
Reporter: WHEN YOU ARE
LOOKING AT A HOT ROD HERE, THE
NEXT CAR OVER MIGHT BE A STOCK
CAR SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS
CAR HEREBY RALPH.
WHAT MAKES YOURS UNIQUE?
ASYMMETRICAL DESIGN AND IT
WAS A CONCEPT CAR WHICH
COULD'VE REPLACED OR BEEN
ADOPTED FOR THE MUSTANG
DESIGN. Reporter: WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE HERE,
YOU HAVE SOME BRAGGING
RIGHTS. IT'S ONLY ONE OF TWO
MADE.
IT'S COOL.[ LAUGHTER ] I CAN'T
BELIEVE IT ACTUALLY.
I WALKED INTO THE DEAL AND
NOBODY KNEW WHAT IT WAS I KNOW
WHAT IT WAS, AND HERE IT IS.
IT IS A SMALL INDIAN PONY IN
THE WASHINGTON AREA AND AS YOU
RECALL, FORD WAS INTO THE PONY
BRONCO, PINTO AND MUSTANG.
Reporter: THANK YOU FOR
SHOWCASING YOUR CAR, IF YOU
WANT TO CHECK IT OUT, THE SHOW
IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, GOING
UNTIL 10 PM 6 AM-3 PM TOMORROW,
TICKETS ARE $12 AND KIDS 12 AND
UNDER ARE FREE.