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Originally Posted by lofly'a

.... in comparison, i went to the dallas autorama last year, and was a total let down compared to houston. our houston visits lasted at least 7 to 8 hours, and that was just to look at everything. longer if you stopped to drool, or talk to vendors and participants, or buy anything. our dallas visit lasted all of 2 hours and there was not much else to see. vendors were very few. i hope the houston show grows back to where it was in recent years, me and my 2 sons have'nt missed one in 7 years, and i always look forward to it.

Exactly. Houston was an all-day road trip for me for the last 20yrs. Leave the house around 7am. Drive 4hrs & arrive in time to eat lunch. Hit the show about noon & stay until 7 (sometimes not even seeing everything @ the show & swap-meet). Then the 4hr drive back home.

I live around Dallas & sometimes can't decide if it's worth driving the 20mins across town for the show. I might try the new Houston venue out this year. The timing just wasn't good last year & since they switched locations, I decided to not go not knowing what to expect.

FWIW, the Ft.Worth 'Rod & Custom' show is usually pretty decent & is a week or two after Dallas.