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An annual event every Thanksgiving weekend. I remember going to this show as a kid with my Dad, Uncles and my cousins and brother, all the dads and the older boys would go to the car show and the moms and younger kids would go shopping. We always got together at my grandmas home for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The show was originally put on by The Sabers car club of Denver now it is put on by Graybeard promotions...still a great show.
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Don't you wish you could have ridden this bus to school?
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Nice flattie by one of the vendors
Here's the flattie and a few more
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G.R.,
Thanks so much for the Pictures-I had my Car in the Sabres show in 1972 (I can't remember the name of the Show back then, I still have my Trophies somewhere)-As I recall, it was loosely called the Sabre's Car Show, but I remember a different "official" name?
I also recall it was held in the Colosseum-where is it held now?
The blue 'vette in the previous post is one of the original built to take on Shelby and the Cobra before Chevrolet pulled the plug on racing...probably could have beat ol' Shel too if development had been allowed to continue. Ever seen a Charger convertible?
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35window, when I was a kid the first few years I started going, starting in '58 or so, it was held at the National Western Stock show at the old arena area. It was held there until the Colosieum was built in downtown Denver then the show moved.
If memory serves it was "The Sabres of Denver Thanksgiving car show". We always went to the show until I was 18. After that life got in the way, family moved you know the drill. I went a couple of different times over the years but now we are back here in Colorado we are trying to make it a family guys thing with the older nephews and grand sons.
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I think the National Western Stock Show and the Colosseum are the same place-right off of I-70 and Brighton Blvd right? the Arena is on the north side of I-70 and the Colosseum is on the south side.
You must be right on the name of the Show-guess old age IS creep[ing in-
Thanks for the pictures-looks like an awesome show-
Thanks for the pics, for whatever reason, that little white Stude really caught my eye!!! Must have been a fine show!
35, duh old age I guess, you're right, the show moved from the Coloseeum downtown when the new "Convention Center" was built but still under the Sabres banner. I remember one year they had a couple of George Bariss's cars there, one of them was the pickup, and for the life of me I can't remember the name of it.
Dave, yes it was a very nice show, lots of real nice old iron, full blown customs, vintage dragsters and rods with most all of them from the Rocky Mountain region...the "flyover" part of the country has some great builders too, just not featured as much in the rags:)
G.R.,
Last night I was racking my brain (and believe me, that hurts!) trying to remember the names of the shows when I remembered one: did you ever go to the "Tri State Auto Exhibition"?
I put my Car in that one too ('57 Chevy) in 1972-didn't do as well, but my car sat next to the "Assassination" Funny Car-met John Dekker, POS, but that is another story)my recollection of it was that it was a competitor to the Sabre's show-great memories, and oh, don't forget the Angel Hair!
Yeah I do remember the Tri-States shows, only went to a couple of them though, They were held at the Convention center also if memory serves?. I think the last Sabres show my Dad, one brother, one uncle and one cousin and I went to was in maybe '75 or '76. and it was back at the Colosieum, by that time most of us kids had moved from CO/Denver and/or had our own families, or were in the service.
By fall /winter of '72 I was living/working in Steamboat building condos and I never made it to our holiday gatherings.
Wow. Kool. Thanks. I remember going to McNickles Arena (The Old Colosieum) and taking it all in. Back then had some friends that would show there. Knew a few Sabre's back then. One of them had a kool 58 Impala.
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Very cool pics. Some super nice work. I like the 200hp fuel injected flathead and the El Camino with the 57Chev rear end. Some pretty unique and classic stuff in those shots.