The Autopian And Galpin Are Hosting A Car Show THIS SUNDAY And It’s Going To Blow Your Mind

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One of the biggest outdoor car shows I’ve ever attended was Porsche Cars & Coffee, which is held each month. There were probably at least a thousand people, there was a sea of amazing cars, and overhead was a freaking helicopter circling the joint. This show was put on by Porsche Santa Clarita — a single store in the Galpin network. Now imagine if every store in the Galpin network, along with The Autopian, came together to create the ULTIMATE CAR SHOW. Well, that’s happening really soon: on October 15. This Sunday. And there’s going be an original Dodge Viper pilot car and a Ford GT40 MKIII), and so much more. Check it out.
The cars at the Galpin Car Show — which is taking place this Sunday (October 15) at 15505 Roscoe Blvd, North Hills, CA, 91343 (the show starts at 9AM, but I’d show up at 8)— are going to be incredible. Not only will they include hyper-rare gems from Autopian cofounder Beau Boeckmann’s collection, but they’ll also include rides from other private collectors around LA and even some rare metal from The Petersen Automotive Museum. Plus, I have the list of cars spectators customers/friends/the public is bringing to the show, and it’s also deeply impressive.
Among the gems in attendance, there will be one of the early Dodge Viper pilot cars, courtesy of the Petersen Automotive Collection:
Also from the Petersen will be a 1967 Ford GT40 MKIII:
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From the James Hetfield Collection will be the Lincoln Zephyr “Voodoo Priest” — an absolute stunner:
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As for the cars the public are bringing? Well, below is just part of the list. The models in red are a few of the ones I’m especially excited to see in person:
54 Olds S88 Convertible
65 Chevrolet El Camino
71 Chevelle Chevelle
93 Ferrari 348
94 Nissan Skyline GT-R
971 Nissan Patrol
1928 Ford Model A Roadster
1929 Ford Ford Model “A” Roadster
1929 Ford Model A (Rat Rod)
1930 Ford Model A
1930 Ford Model A Roadster
1930 Ford Model A DeLuxe Roadster
1930 Ford Roadster Pick Up Model A
1930 Ford Deluxe Coupe
1931 Chevy Sedan
1931 Ford Model A town Sedan
1931 Ford A V8
1932 chevrolet Deluxe Roadster
1932 Ford Model A (Electric)
1932 Ford Roadster
1935 Dodge Special Deluxe
1935 Packard Sedan
1935 Dodge Brothers DU DU Sedan
1936 Dodge 2 door
1937 Ford 1937 ford truck
1938 Buick Special Deluxe
1938 Pontiac 6da
1939 Pontiac Coupe
1939 Chevy Master Deluxe
1941 Chevrolet Master delux
1941 Ford Pick up
1946 Chevrolet Fleetline Aerosedan
1946 Chevy Suburban rescue ambulance
1947 Plymouth Special Deluxe
1948 Chevy STylemaster Resto Mod Coupe
1949 Ford F5
1949 Chevrolet 3100
1950 Mercury Choptop Mercury 8
1950 Cadillac Kuztom 61 Series (2 dr. Coupe)
1950 Chevy C3100
1950 Studenaker Pickup
1951 Mercury Convertable
1951 Chevy Convertible
1951 Chevrolet 3100
1951 Volkwagen Beetle
1951 Mercury Custom
1952 Studebaker Starliner Coupe
1953 Volkswagen Beetle
1953 Chevy Coe
1953 Cadillac Coupe
1954 Ford Ranch Wagon Gasser “DEMENTED”
1954 Ford Crestline Skyliner
1955 Chevy Bel Air
1955 Chevy Belair
1955 Chevy Bel Air 2 Door Hard top
1955 Chevy 2-Door Sedan
1955 Ford Thunderbird
1956 Ford F-100
1956 Chevy Handyman station wagon
1956 Ford Ranch Wagon
1957 Chevy Bel Air
1957 Ford Supercharged Thunderbird
1957 Oldsmobile 98
1957 PORSCHE 356A coupe
1957 Volkswagen Beetle
1957 Ford Fairlane
1957 Chevy Belair (Electric)
1958 VW Bug
1958 Volkswagen Bug
1958 Cadillac Eldorado
1958 Volkswagen Beatle
1958 Chevrolet Impala
1959 Ford Galaxie
1959 Chevy Impala
1959 Edsel Villager
1959 porsche 356 con D 356A convertible D
1959 porsche Convertible D
1960 Buick Lesabre
1960 VW Double cab
1961 Porsche 356 outlaw
1961 Chevy Impala
1961 Chevrolet Impala
1962 Vw Bug
1963 Vw Vert
1963 Volkswagen Bug
1963 FORD FALCON
1963 Chevrolet Corvair
1963 Chevrolet Impala
1964 Chevy Nova
1964 VW Beetle
1964 Chevy C10
1964 Chev Impala
1964 Ford Galaxie 500
1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible
1964 Citroen ID 19
1964 Volkswagen Bus
1964 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible
1964 Datsun 320
1964 FORD RANCHERO
1964 Buick Skylark
1964 Vw Bus
1964 Chevy Impala SS
1964 Lotus Super 7
1964 Jeep CJ5
1964 Cadillac Coupe de villa convertible
1965 Ford Mustang
1965 Ford Mustang Convertible
1965 Cobra Cobra
1965 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback
1965 Ford Mustang
1965 Ford Thunderbird
1965 Shelby Roadster
1965 Ford Thunderbird
1965 Chevy Impala
1965 Factory Five Shelby Cobra (replica)
1965 Does Mustang
1965 Ford Mustang Convertible
1965 Shelby Cobra
1965 Ford Mustang
1965 Shelby Cobra
1966 Ford Shelby GT350
1966 Ford Shelby GT350
1966 Shelby G.T.350
1966 Chevrolet SS Chevelle
1966 Ford Mustang
1966 Chevrolet C10
1966 Chevrolet C10
1966 Ford Mustang fastback GT350 Tribute
1966 Volkswagen Squareback
1966 Chevy Impala SS
1966 Ford F100
1966 Ford Galaxie 500
1966 VW Baja
1966 Fleetwood (Cadillac) Eldorado
1966 Ford Thunderbird
1966 Vw Beetle
1966 Ford Mustang
1966 Lotus 7
1966 Ford Mustang
1966 Shelby GT350
1966 Ford Mustang
1966 Chevrolet Impala
1967 VW VW Woodie
1967 Ford Mustang
1967 Ford Mustang
1967 Ford Mustang
1967 Chevrolet Corvette
1967 Chevrolet Corvette
1967 Ford 4×4 Mustang
1967 Ford Mustang Fastback
1967 Ford Mustang
1967 Volkswagen Bug
1967 Volkswagen Bug
1967 Ford Fairlane GTA
1967 Ford Mustang
1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback
1968 Chevy Camaro
1968 Chevrolet Corvette
1968 Chevrolet Impala
1968 Chevrolet Impala
1968 Ford Mustang
1968 Chevrolet caprice
1968 Ford Mustang
1968 Ford Fairlane 500
1968 Shelby GT500KR
1969 Plymouth Sport Satellite
1969 Ford Mustang Trans Am Replica
1969 Pontiac Firebird
1969 Volkswagen Beetle
1969 Porsche 911
1969 Volkswagen Beetle
1969 Jaguar E type
1969 Ford F100
1969 Ford Ford F100
1969 Ford truck F-100
1969 Ford Falcon
1969 Ford Mustang
1969 Ford Mustang
1969 Cadillac Deville
1969 Cadillac DeVille
1969 Toyota CoronA
1970 911 E
1970 Ford Boss 302 Mustang
1970 Porsche 914-6
1970 Lamborghini Miura S
1970 Ford Bronco
1970 Cadillac Eldorado
1970 Ford Mustang Coupe
1971 Opel GT
1971 Volvo 1800E
1971 Volkswagen Fast back
1971 Ford Ltd country squire station wagon
1971 Chevy El Camino
1971 Chevy El Camino
1972 Plymouth Roadrunner
1972 Plymouth Duster
1972 Mazda Rx2
1972 Porsche 911 Targa
1972 Chevrolet Chevelle
1973 Chevrolet C10
1973 Porsche 914
1973 International Wagonmaster
1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle
1973 Volkswagen Thing
1973 Toyota Corolla
1974 Chevrolet caprice
1974 Ford Bronco
1974 Chevrolet Corvette
1975 Porsche 914 2.0
1975 Chevrolet Monza 350
1975 Porsche 911s
1975 Porsche 914-6 GT
1975 Toyota Celica GT
1977 Porsche Carrera 3.0
1977 Chevy Monte Carlo
1977 Ford F-150
1979 Ford Thunderbird
1979 Ford Thunderbird
1979 Datsun 280ZXR
1979 Ford Thunderbird
1980 Porsche 911
1980 Vw Caddy
1981 GMC C1500
1981 Mercedes 380SSL
1983 PORSCHE SC TRRGA
1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
1985 Osmobile Cutlass Supreme
1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham
1985 Pontiac Firebird
1985 Ford Broncos
1986 Detomaso Pantera
1986 Toyota SR5 Turbo pickup
1986 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
1986 Buick Regal
1986 Oldsmobile cutlass 442
1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442
1987 Porsche 911/M491
1987 Bmw 325es Zender
1988 Porsche 911 Turbo Targa
1988 Toyota Camry AllTrac
1989 Porsche 911 (930) turbo
1989 Porsche 939 turbo
1989 Porsche 911 (930) turbo
1989 Chevrolet Blazer S10
1989 Porsche 930 turbo
1989 Ferrari F40
1989 Chevrolet Blazer
1990 Nissan Skyline GTR
1990 Nissan Skyline Gt-R
1990 Ferrari Testarossa
1991 Nissan Skyline
1991 Honda Beat
1991 Ford Mustang 5.0 LX
1991 honda crx
1992 Toyota 4runner
1992 Ford Bronco
1992 Ford Mustang
1993 Porsche 964
1993 Ford F150 Lightning
1993 Nissan Skyline R32 GTR
1993 Mazda Rx7 fd
1994 Mitsubishi Bravo RHD Kei Van
1995 Land Rover Defender 90 SW – #211/500
1995 Honda Civic si
1995 Nissan Skyline GT-R
1995 landrover Defender 90
1995 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1996 Porsche 993 Targa
1997 porsche Carrera C4S
1997 Porsche 993 RS
1997 Toyota 4runner
1997 Nissan Gloria gran turismo RHD
1997 Porsche C4S
1998 Porsche 911 Carrera S
1998 Honda Crv
1999 Bmw M3
1999 Porsche Boxster
1999 Honda Civic
1999 Shelby Series 1
1999 Porsche Boxster

If you plan to be there, register your car and learn more about the show here.

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Expect thousands of folks this Sunday; come hang out with The Autopian crew on the northeast corner of Orion and Roscoe. You’ll see our banner and a bunch of microcars.
The initial layout is shown in the map above; click the link just before that map on the day of the show to get an updated map with spectator parking (or just look out for signs when you arrive).

27 thoughts on “The Autopian And Galpin Are Hosting A Car Show THIS SUNDAY And It’s Going To Blow Your Mind

  1. Wish I could make it. My clutch is acting up and my buddy who I’d normally go with is having a kid in four days so he understandably doesn’t want to risk being an hour away if his wife goes into labor.

  2. I wish I could join you all. Being in Tucson, it’s close enough to be viable, but far enough that it just isn’t practical this weekend. If y’all have a party for the 2nd anniversary, though, I’m there.

  3. This sounds like a good time, especially as someone who will be stuck out here on the windswept plains. I’d come just to see that MkIII in person!

    With that out of the way, I’d like to take the opportunity to address a personal pet-peeve. Specifically, can we please eradicate any and all references to car dealerships as “stores?” It’s a cringey bit of jargon that has always struck me as a subtle-but-obvious tactic by car salesmen to avoid using the “d-word” and downplay the negative connotations that come with it. It belongs squarely in the realm of the skeezy, know-nothing d-bags who sit around outside the showroom awaiting the next customer victim, not in pieces penned by auto journalists.

    And yes, I realize that Beau is dealer, and that the Galpin network might be “one of the good ones.” But for the sake of maintaining journalistic integrity, can you stick with calling dealerships what they are?

    I know. Probably a weird hill to die on.

    1. And what do you think a dealership is but a store for cars? I feel like this is an unimportant distinction that doesn’t need to exist. A dealership is just a subcategory of store, and store can be used interchangeably to me, but my opinions are usually just trash.

  4. If you get hungry, just head to the other side of the 405 for some Tommy’s! Just don’t ask to sit in any of the cars afterwards. Tommy’s is fantastic- but it’s still Chili Cheeseburgers and Chili Cheese Fries

  5. That’s an impressive list. But I’d like to see them have a section of vehicles from oddball/orphaned brands.

    Brands like AC, Allard, Bricklin, Jensen, Morris, Saleen, non-Jeep Willys vehicles, Studebaker, Packard, etc

  6. That’s a heck of a list! A 914-6, a Miura S, multiple GTRs, ’71 VW Type III – very nice.

    Please see if you can sneak the i3 into the Autopian microcar collection. 🙂

  7. Aw man, I wish. Maybe next year. Or – hear me out – maybe next year you and Beau can bring the Berkeley up to the Portland All-British Field Meet. It’d be a huge hit; I’ve never seen one there.

  8. I came here to make fun of the ’57 Chevy at every car show, and noticed that the only one in this show is electric, so I will go and eat some humble pie now.

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