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Attended several years whilst still living outside Philadelphia. Great show, just about every manufacturer shows up to display his wares. Not just the Cobra guys, but also many of the Super-7 types, Grand Sport makers, street rod dudes, some of the engine builders, etc. If you decide to go, try to attend the Friday and Saturday sessions, as it's usually a lot less crowded on Friday but not all of the manufacturers arrive until Saturday morning. The Kit Car show is normally held simultaneously with the foreign car parts flea market, so there is a lot of activity going on at the Fairgrounds during the weekend. Relatively easy to get to off the Turnpike; exit is well marked and there are signs pointing you in the proper direction. However, while Carlisle a very pretty town, it is fairly small with mainly two-lane streets, so the traffic becomes pretty bad during the weekends when the shows are going on. I'd recommend you take a jacket, a poncho and some mud boots; the weather in PA in May sometimes changes rather quickly and the fairground is a big grass lot. There are about four large buildings which generally house most of the cars but the rest of the booths are out in the meadow. I spent more than one weekend at Carlisle walking around in the rain. Still fun if you're prepared, and the information is priceless. Enjoy.