Having just finished the Hutto Old Tyme Days parade, everyone then headed over to the Covert Auto HippoPlex for their first attempt at a car show.  Held in conjunction with the parade, the Covert facility was perfect, albeit a bit hot, for a car show.  They had roped out a HUGE area for the participants and the club was given first priority at the entire back area (and we took it all...)

The line-up was very impressive with the BIG trucks on one end working their way down to the LITTLE quarter-tons.  We had John SS's M35A2 and his big box trailer, followed by Rory's 5-Ton and Curtis J's 5-Ton.  Then, getting a bit smaller, we had Rory's Unimog driven by Jeff L, then Madison's M37, my M38A1 and Danny's M151A2/M416.  Again, Claude and Jeanne made an appearance along with Caitlin and Patrick, Rory's kids.

The show had a good mix of antiques, hot rods, drag cars, motorcycles and of course, the historic military vehicles.  The UT football game was playing on the radio and there were several food vendors there to keep us fed.

The crowds were impressive for a first time event with the organizer having a shuttle service to bring spectators in and out of the facility.  Many people couldn't believe that all the vehicles were privately owned and we were a car club.

Each spectator and participant who registered was given a voting sheet to cast ballots for their favorite vehicle in each of about nine classes.  The military vehicles had their own class as well.  About 2:30pm, the results were in.  Winning second place in military vehicles was me and the '53 M38A1.  Winning first place in military vehicles was Madison H and his '53 M37.  Many jokes were made about whether it was the winch of Madison's that won first place vs the gun of mine.  We all agreed it was simply each had a white star on the hood and both were 1953 models!