Tyler Shipman Show...

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And another car from the show:


This photo doesn't do this Fiero justice.  The detail is incredible.

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Since it was brought up, there were 14 members of the original build team present, including JohnWPB.

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The Tyler's Toy Fiero currrntly has a 3400, with a 100-shot of nitrous.

This picture was taken early in the staging, and included most of the winners from the 4 Fiero classes.

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I think this picture included the remaining Fiero class winners.

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One of the latecomers was not very happy about not winning an award.  The first words out of his mouth, after the award ceremony were, "I don't know what radical thing I need to do win one of these."  This was a long-term member, and a vendor.  His Fiero does have a lot of mods, including an engine swap from a Chrysler, and an instrument cluster from a Camry, but he never detailed his car.  It had a filthy engine bay.  His Fiero was between 2 immaculate Fieros.

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You wouldn't know it from the picture, but there is very limited space for vehicles, hence the recommendation to pre-register and get there early.  Years ago, 2 blocks were allotted for the show.  As the show garnered visitors, the town decided to capitalize on the show.  Some stores temporarily close on what is now the single allotted show block, but the grocery store at the end of the block does not close, and refuses to have show cars on the street which fronts their business.  So, once the block fills to that point, that's it.  The cars were to that point, but there was a contingency plan.  Going the other way, vendors set up booths to sell doo-dads, and then there were food trucks.

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The show was selling merchandise and lemonade, and the boy scouts were selling cold bottled water.  In a field that runs most of one side of the show block, there were bouncy houses, and various vendors selling drinks and ice cream.  There was also a high school group demonstrating their robots.

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Something that was a bit odd in its absence.  There was not a single car insurance, parts vendor, etc. in evidence.  Usually, car insurance vendors are all over these events.

Heck, we got Ford to sponsor a Fiero event (title sponsor).  Maserati offered a bunch of wheels for sale.  GM brought a bunch of Chevy Volts, and offered test drives.  Actually, GM corporate was not involved.  Just a dealership.  The Chevy dealership handled auctioning off a bunch of Fiero parts.  Various insurance agencies were there.  I guess they have to be asked.  Maybe this omission was deliberate.

[MikeMac]

This seems vaguely familiar. What is the background on this event?

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Tyler Shipman died of cancer at 18 years of age.  The show is a benefit for people with cancer.  Tyler was a Fiero person.

[scottb]

Tyler put out a call on pennocks to get help fixing his car since he was getting more and more sick.... there was a group from pennocks got together, went to Minnesnowta to do that (from Texas, Florida, Missouri, etc). They got it running and driving, a local body shop painted it, and another local shop put a different engine in it. Tyler passed soon after the car was done. The local town started this show in his honor

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It's on my bucket list to go to that show before I kick the bucket.

As long as I'm not decrepit, and still enjoying life, I'll make like a politician, and kick the bucket down the road.

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It is sad.  There were some postings, leading up to the event, but the event happened, and few pics were posted.  This seems to be a trend.  Hopefully, other people will post pics.

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The big guy interviewed is Synthesis.

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That storm chaser SUV kept following, and then the lady took video of my wife and kids.