The town I live in, Neshanic Station, NJ, has had a long history with weekend flea markets. For years, perhaps decades, there was a weekly flea market across from the post office that was known throughout central Jersey. But after the plot of land on which it sat was turned into a portion of a county park, the flea market died. Several years ago, though, the local Methodist Church, which has access to an empty lot across from the old flea market, resurrected the idea and combined it with a car show. Rather than weekly, the events have been monthly, and occasionally semi-monthly.

I’ve attended several times in the past (click on the links for the March 2021, April 2021, June 2021, July 2021, and July 2022 posts). As I compose this, I have no concrete recollections why I did not attend any of the shows in 2023 and 2024, which brings us to 2025. The schedule was released earlier this year, announcing April 12, May 10, and June 14 as the first three dates. However, our wet spring caused the first two to be postponed to a rain date, and the rain date got rained out. So the first show of the year was June 21, and I got there in my Alfa around 8:30 a.m.

A bit to my surprise, I was the first car there, aside from the Chrysler LeBaron owned by the man who runs these events, but within the next thirty minutes, a few more cars showed up. The day dawned hot, and it was getting warmer by the minute. By 9:30, another eight cars arrived, and all in, there were ten cars on the field, a light showing compared to previous events. I can’t say that there was huge variety among the vehicles either. The only other import besides my Alfa was a Lamborghini which came late and stuck around for perhaps thirty minutes. Minus the LeBaron, the Lambo, and the Alfa, every other car was a GM product, and excepting the Firebird, every GM car was a Chevrolet. By 10:30, the heat had gotten to me, and with no expectation that the show field would grow, I drove the three miles home. I’m glad I went, because so many of my events this year have been postponed or cancelled due to the weather. I do hope that next month (July 12) the Neshanic Station car show gets a more significant turnout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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