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University Of Maryland College Park Spring Car Meet 2008

This past weekend I attended the Spring Meet from the College Park Tuning club at the University of Maryland. They run this event every year, and it has gotten quite popular. The last time I had gone was a few years ago, and a good amount of cars showed up, now it’s in the tune of 1,000’s of cars.

Every car that attends, also submits at least $1 or a can of food that is donated to charity. Last year over $5,000 was provided! I ended up showing a few hours late, so apparently I missed out on a lot of cars, but there was still a lot of people there, and well worth the hour drive. Take a look at the pictures:

Here’s my Viper as well as my buddy Jason’s RT/10:

Dodge Vipers

A custom Dodge Charger limo:

Dodge Charger limo

The event had a mobile dyno, here we can see a Firebird getting some numbers:

Mobile dyno

Nice blacked out Porsche:

Porsche and old car

A few nice Nissan 350Z’s. The blue one has a Veilside widebody kit on it:

Custom Nissan 350Z\'s

This was one customized Hummer with an awesome suspension on it. No detail was untouched:

Custom Hummer

Here’s the system in the back of the Hummer. The picture does no justice, but the subwoofer (An MTX Thunder Jack Hammer 9900) in the car is absolutely huge. It’s 350lbs, 22″, and capable of being louder (in decibels) then an airplane engine! I believe it costs about $6,000!

Custom Hummer trunk system

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