Hosted by   2006 Major Sponsors Rockwall, TX Performance Products     2006 Associate Sponsors Dirty Joe's Chrome Shop Dallas, Texas   Reliable Chevrolet Richardson, Texas   Classic Auto Air Ft Worth, TX / Tampa, FL

LATEST NEWS FROM THE 24th ANNUAL  LONE STAR CLASSIC CHEVY CONVENTION exclusive 3 day event for the 1955, 1956 and 1957 Chevy cars, trucks and corvettes! RECORD SETTING EVENT IS NOW HISTORY! Quick Facts from Lone Star XXIV Over 190 Registrations Over 350 participants (spouses, guests, etc) Breakdown by State: Texas - 159 Oklahoma - 11 Louisiana - 8 Mississippi - 4 Alabama - 3 Arkansas - 3 Kansas - 2 90 vehicles judged in Show-N-Shine Competition 6 Bronze Awards    (850 - 899 pts) 23 Silver Awards   (900 - 949 pts) 14 Gold Awards   (950 - 969 pts) 40 Platinum Awards   (970 - 1000 pts) Club Attendance - 112 Dallas Area Classic Chevys (Dallas/Ft Worth, TX) - 50 Houston Classic Chevy Club (Houston, TX) - 26 Central Texas Classic Chevy Club (Austin, TX) - 14 Central Oklahoma Classic Chevy Club (Ok City, OK) - 5 Twin City Classic Chevy Club (Monroe, LA) - 3 Alamo Classic Chevy Club (San Antonio, TX) - 3 Big River Classic Chevy Club (Vicksburg, MS) - 3 Cajun Classic Chevy Club (Baton Rouge, LA) - 2 Concho Classic Chevy Club (San Angelo, TX) - 2 Heart of Texas Classic Chevy Club (Waco, TX) - 2 Arkansas Classic Chevy Club (Little Rock, AR) - 1 Pensacola Classic Chevy Club ( Pensacola, FL) -1   Photo Highlight From Lone Star XXIV Click the photo to go directly to all the Lone Star photo highlights! David and Kathy Castle of Saraland, Alabama drove their beautiful '55 Chevy Bel Air Sedan to Dallas and took the Long Distance Award AND they also took home a Platinum Award for the '55 Custom Driven Class at this year's Lone Star Classic Chevy Convention! ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5/16/06 - Winners List, Winner Photos and Misc Photos Now Posted Under 'Pictures' Link See all the winners and action from Lone Star XXIV by clicking the Pictures Link at the top left.   5/4/06 - Vans Scheduled for Shop Tour  The hosting club has elected to provide passenger vans to carry registered participants to the Friday Shop Tour to Classic Air and Painless Performance.  Sign up at the Lone Star Registration desk and leave your classic at the hotel secured and join us for the tour that includes lunch at Painless! 5/3/06 - Covered Parking For All Cars in Case of Bad Weather  Remember that we have covered parking directly across from the hotel that is secure 24/7 that will be utilized in case of bad weather.  All activities will move across the street including the Show-N-Shine if needed and the event will go on regardless of the weather.  Over 300 parking spots have been set aside in this lot for our use should we find the need.  As you know, weather can be an issue in the spring and we are prepared! 5/2/06 - Mechanical Help Available at Lone Star!  If you find yourself in need of assistance (mechanical or otherwise) before, during or after the Lone Star event, one phone number is what you need - (405) 412-0502 .... or check at the Lone Star XXIV Registration/Hospitality table at the event.  If you find yourself with a mechanical issue, we have several club members available to assist you immediately with tools, directions, parts, garage space, tow trailers - whatever it takes to get you safely back on the road.  Regardless if you run into trouble on the way to Dallas, during your stay or on your way home, we will be available to assist.  4/17/06 - Tech Seminars Set for Friday and Saturday at Lone Star XXIV!  Tech Seminars specifically directed towards the Tri FIve Classic Chevy have been established for this year's Lone Star event.  YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THESE SEMINARS.  On Friday at 1:30 pm at the host hotel, Dirty Joe's Chrome Shop will speak about chrome plating, what it takes to get that show car finish and address any questions you might have about the chrome plating process.  Also on Friday, at 3 pm, representatives from Classic Auto Air will speak about cooling the inside of your tri-five Chevy, something we all want when driving in the hot summer months in the south!  Classic Auto Air has one of the finest AC/Heat/Defrost units on the market for your Tri Five Classic and this will be a great opportunity to learn what goes into a successfully designed system for you Chevy.   To round out the seminars for Lone Star, on Saturday we will have Painless Performance on hand at 9:30 am to speak, address questions and illustrate the most popular aftermarket wiring harness on the market for Tri Five Chevys.  Nothing can be more dangerous than to have a botched wiring harness on your car and Painless has become a legend in the wiring business.  Their staff will show you why their harness dominates the market and what to look for in a first class harness!  All of the Tech Meetings will be held at the Sheraton Grand DFW so make plans to attend all three!  4/12/06 - Ronnie and Mary Taylor of San Angelo Win Free Night at Lone Star!  Part of the incentives to register prior to April 1st for Lone Star XXIV was a drawing for a free night at the host hotel Sheraton Grand DFW.  The drawing resulted in Concho Classic Chevy Club members Ronnie and Mary Taylor winning the prize!  Congrats to the Taylors, who along with other members of the San Angelo club have been attending Lone Star events for 20 years!  4/10/06 - Dirty Joe's Chrome Shop joins sponsors of Lone Star XXIV!  Dirty Joe's Chrome Shop of Dallas has signed up as an Associate Sponsor of Lone Star!  This first class chrome, powder coat and polishing shop owned by Joe Mauro can do it all when it comes to making things pretty and shiny!  Joe has really gotten the 'Classic Chevy Bug' and not only has agreed to be a sponsor but also will be presenting a tech seminar all about chrome plating!  Dirty Joe will be set up in the vendor area at Lone Star and you will be able to see his work first hand.  To learn more about Dirty Joe's Chrome Shop, check out their website HERE 4/5/06 - Pre-Registrations top 130, Sheraton Grand Hotel filling up!  Pre-registrations poured in as the April 1st cutoff for incentives approached and registrations from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi and Alabama topped 130!  The Lone Star XXIV block of rooms are all filled at the Sheraton Grand DFW, and if no room is available at the time of your call, they will direct you to our backup hotel within walking distance to the Sheraton as an alternative.  But note that rooms are freeing up from another group on April 13th that is not filling their allotment so put a note on your calendar to call the Sheraton on that date to get a room at the host hotel.  Also - if you are not registered for Lone Star - you can still do it online or through the mail!  This will save you considerable time at the check in for the event so you are encouraged to click the 'Registration' link and get your registration in today! 4/2/06 - Friday Morning's Shop Tour Plans Finalized - Stops include Classic Auto Air and Painless Performance with LUNCH at Painless!  Registered participants of LONE STAR XXIV don't want to miss the Lone Star Shop Tour - we will visit the facilities of one of the fastest growing aftermarket AC/Heat suppliers in the country - CLASSIC AUTO AIR.  They open their doors to us at where units are put together AND installed.  Classic Auto Air has plans to move out of their current facility as their growth has outpaced their location, so that should give you an indication of their future!  Classic Auto Air has top of the line AC/Heat/Defrost units for just about any and every collectible car, and you will see how they are prepared right in their Ft Worth shop!  The next stop on the tour will have us at Painless Performance, well known as the leader in aftermarket wiring assemblies, but there is MORE.  We will see their entire two story facility, and see just how they build wiring harness for any kind of car or application imaginable!  Their facility and process is very interesting and you are guaranteed to be impressed!  Not only is Painless dominating aftermarket wiring, but they have their sites set on even larger and more aggressive plans (perhaps the new engine dyno we will see is a hint!).  We will learn about their future plans and how they plan to grow Painless into a true Performance company!  Also, we will grab a bit to eat compliments of Painless Performance while at their facility so plan accordingly!  YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS TOUR!  You will be impressed at what you see and learn about both of these Texas based companies devoted to you - the car hobbyist!  We leave the Sheraton Grand DFW Hotel at 10AM Friday!   3/27/06 - CASH prizes for Lone Star Drag Races!   Support for Lone Star XXIV has been tremendous and this has allowed the host club to fund CASH for the winner's of the two classes for the 1/8 mile drag races at Denton Dragway to be held May 5th Friday night!  Plans call for a quick class of Tri Fives and a second class of slower and milder street driven cars.  Remember only registered participants get to run time trials and the handicap eliminations.  The runner-up of each of the two classes walks away with $50 and the two winners take home $200!  Make plans to caravan up to Denton Dragway for what is expected to be a fun night of '55-'57 Chevy racing!  3/16/06 - TanDom2 Booked for Saturday Night's Rock-N-Roll Show and Door Prize Giveaways!  The band TanDom2 (that's TanDom squared y'all) has been booked to provide the music for Saturday night's Rock-N-Roll event free to all registered participants!  The band will be playing in the parking lot where the cars will be so plan for a great night of music under the Texas stars!  Also during the Rock-N-Roll event, door prizes will be awarded including a Tri Five Chevy AC Unit from our event sponsor Classic Auto Air, several $100 gift certificates from Classic Chevy International, several $100 Gift Certificates from SoffSeal and there will be MORE!  To see more about TanDom2 click HERE 3/6/06 - Classic Auto Air signs on as Associate Sponsor of Lone Star XXIV!  Located in Tampa, FL and Ft Worth TX, Classic Auto Air has enthusiastically agreed to support this year's Lone Star event in Irving, Texas.  Classic Auto Air is one of the country's top designer and builder of AC/Heat/Defrost units for collectible classic cars and DACC is proud to have them involved in this year's event! To get more information about Classic Auto Air click HERE and be sure and check out their outstanding units for the '55-'57 Chevys! 2/20/06 - DACC member donates funds for Lone Star!  Wishing to remain anonymous, a member of the hosting club has donated what would be a 'Major Sponsor' level check to help fund this year's Lone Star event.  Passion is required to build and restore these '55-'57 Chevys and that same passion for the hobby is what it takes to help put on events for these cars.   With participants like this, it just serves notice that our hobby is strong as ever!  We thank this Dallas club member and all the sponsors who have stepped up to support this special event for our cars!    2/7/06 - Pre-Registration available NOW!  Under the Registration Link you will find the Pre-Registration form with all the pricing to get your car and family registered for all the events and programs that will make up Lone Star XXIV!   Pre-registration is only $50 (BEFORE APRIL 1st) and this gets you into ALL of the events of the 2006 Lone Star Convention!  This includes the Shop Tours, Pool Side Hamburgers, Drag Racing entry, Rock-N-Roll Show, Awards Breakfast and MORE!  EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION FEE!  Don't miss out on your free event T shirt and drawing for the free nights stay at the hotel and avoid the $15 late fee after April 1st - REGISTER NOW!  2/1/06 - Show Judging will use CCI Guidelines at 2006 Lone Star event!   This  year's Lone Star event will utilize the well developed Classic Chevy International Show-N-Shine Judging Guidelines.  To learn more about this click HERE 1/26/06 - Tri Five Chevy Drag Racing Friday Night at Lone Star!  That's right!  This year's Lone Star will feature 1/8 mile drag racing free for registered participants!  No extra fee, all '55-'57 Chevy car entry and two admittance will be included in your Lone Star registration fee.  Classes for street driven Chevys and race-prepared Chevys.  Run for fun, run your buddy or come and watch!  1/23/06 - Painless Performance Products agrees to be a major sponsor of Lone Star XXIV!  Known for their outstanding wiring harnesses for every imaginable application of automobile and more, Painless has jumped on board with their support of Tri Five Chevys and Lone Star XXIV!  Check out Painless on their website HERE for more information about this rapidly growing company! 1/21/06 - Reliable Chevrolet becomes Associate Sponsor of the 24th Lone Star Convention!  A major supporter of the Dallas Area Classic Chevys, this Richardson, TX based Chevrolet dealership is the largest volume Chevy dealer in Dallas County.  They have elected to show their support of all the tri-five Chevys coming to Dallas for Lone Star XXIV by becoming a sponsor of this event!  Learn more about Reliable Chevrolet HERE.  1/15/06 - Stoked Out Specialties signs to be a major sponsor of Lone Star XXIV!   Learn more about this Rockwall, TX based specialty automotive shop HERE and look for a big presence at the 2006 Lone Star event!  These guys love the tri five Chevys and show it with their support of the local Dallas Area Classic Chevys and now with Lone Star XXIV! 10/27/05 - Sheraton Grand DFW Hotel - Irving, TX selected as host hotel of 2006 Lone Star Classic Chevy Convention!  A committee from the hosting club Dallas Area Classic Chevys select this great hotel to host  the 24th Annual '55-'57 Chevy event.  Ample parking, easy access, great rooms and a reserved covered parking area (should we need it) were deciding factors.   Room Rates are only $65 exclusive for Lone Star XXIV participants!   Get more information by selecting the 'Hotel' link at the top left.   ................................................................................................................................................................................... LAST UPDATE 7/29/06