The Red Monkey

Another year and another great Sacramento Autorama, the longest running indoor car show in North America. This time however I did not make it there until after 2 pm on Sunday. It seems that is the time for the multitudes of real weirdos to attend the show. Sadly this also meant that I missed Catherine Bach, better known as Daisy Duke, as well as Chris Jacobs from Overhaulin’. Not too excited about meeting the guy who hosts a show about cars anyway. Like previous years there were not enough Mopars there. The outstanding exception was the 1970 Challenger with a new 6.1 liter HEMI sitting next to a brand new SRT Challenger. They had a room full of Mercs but they were all pretty much customized the same with different paint and little creativity. Some of the coolest stuff to be seen were off in the little rooms where they had an actual horseless carriage.

This show always has something for everyone, from Mercs to the Munster mobile and of course the General Lee. Its a great show to attend and its great that such a large show is in Sacramento. Maybe next year I will actually go check out the auction.