One of my dream car’s that I had given up on owning long ago resently became a dream come true. And especially how I got it. I lost my dad a couple months prior and got some of what he left me. I wanted to be sure I spent that money in a good and honorable way. In the memory of my dad. I wanted something good to show for and justify spending the money that I probably should have saved. My dad’s favorite color was white. Which I really don’t understand but to each his own. My Dad was a Ford man all the way. He only bought white Ford’s 😂. Again to each his own. I however like a wide range of cars. Muscle cars being my favorite. I was torn between buying a mustang or a Cameron. Finally I decided that I would get the one I really wanted the most and one of the year models I loved and could afford. I couldn’t afford on of the older models like the 1971 I had when I was young and wish I had kept. I think alot of us let go of a car we loved when we were young and regretted it terribly still today. And I’m one of those people. But what is done is done. So I bought a white 1996 Camero. In my opinion this car is a beauty. I love it very much. Especially thinking I would never get one and those days were over for me. I was fortunate even to get one in good shape. Because alot of people get these car’s and rag them out inside and out. But not mine. I kept thinking how much I would love to put it in a car show. So I was looking online to find out if it was year worthy of doing so and I ran across this post. And thanks to all the comments I’ve read I feel like it will be fine to do that. Because it is 26 years old and I seen where people are saying it needs to be at least 25 years old. And it’s not a make that people wouldn’t normally see in a show or wouldn’t want to see in one. So thanks to this post my question was answered and I’m not walking away with my feelings hurt and feel like I can enter it in one after all. Thanks guy’s for your opinions I’m going to go with them.

Thats not a logical statement. When I was a young man I loved the muscle car I owned and many of the others. The fact it wasnt old enough to be at the local show didnt deter me or anyone else.

I prefer the classics when going to a car show.
I understand why the new cars want to show off though, those things will be in the junk yards soon anyways so they better show off while they have a chance.
When people say “Any car should be allowed”, does that mean even the most every day basic ones like bone stock Corollas?
That would be as exciting as going to a gentleman’s club and most of the entertainers are frumpy out of shape Walmart women in their pajamas. But SOMEbody likes them, right?

Also, you don’t have to go to a car show or even a dealer to see a newer charger. Just look in your rear view mirror, there is probably one tailgating right now. The “car show” comes to you now.

Don’t bring your car to the show with a sign that says “Look but don’t touch” save it & pin it on your lady !

The hostility shown in these comments toward newer car owners at car shows are probably from the same guys who wonder why young men don’t seem as interested in the automotive world. Your snobbery is killing your hobby.