Went to car show today and OMG

[bstuke]

Originally Posted by Voyager

Tracked Cobra…any condition is acceptable.

WHEW!

[Snakebit]

I drive my car as much as I can, weather permitting. I keep it clean and polished except for a little brake dust on the wheels. If I am going to a car show, all it takes is a quick wipe down and I am ready to go. I take pride in my cars and in my self. As far as detailing and polishing, that's what I do on rainy evenings in the garage. Just like going on a job interview, you would not show up in torn dirty jeans and not shaven for 2 days. So why would I show my car looking the same way? If you built it, it's called taking pride in your work.

[ratdog]

looks clean and washed to me and shiny and looks like fun!!!

[bstuke]

Originally Posted by ratdog

looks clean and washed to me and shiny and looks like fun!!!

Just busting your chops a little..

And yes it is A LOT of fun. My view from Snakebit's perspective is a little different. I want to look good at the interview, but I also want to be prepared. I spend as much time working on the car to get it handling better as others do shining and polishing theirs.

[ratdog]

I think snakebit hit the nail on the head,just a little pride would help.

[Sharroll Celby]

You cant hide "patina" and regular use. BUT, the interior should be vacuumed, the painted surfaces clean and free from bugs/bird droppings etc, the wheels should be wiped down upon arrival at the show, but the engine could and should show a little "use", as it were.

[JWilly]

I drive mine and I do occasional shows (2-4 per season). When we show it, We don't spend all day cleaning and detailing but my wife and I do make a good effort to make it presentable.

There is a special show near us that we do every year. We enjoy it. The first couple of years at the show when the car was in pristine condition, we won nothing (which was OK with us, no big deal). The third year we entered we took second in our class and the car was clean but certainly not pristine (road use was showing). The fourth year, they read the winners for my class and we were not one of the winners. That was understandable because the car is a bit pock marked in the front now. After all of the winners in our class were announced and we got nothing, we headed home. A couple of nights later, at a car club meeting, a friend bought me a trophy I had won at the show. We had won Best of Show. We had left before they named the BOS winner. We were very happy with the results but also very surprised and a bit ashamed that we left too soon.

We enjoy the shows but we try to not let our egos get too tied up in these shows. You never know how these things will turn out...good or bad.

[RodKnock]

Well, after hearing all the bashing, I'm here to stick up for the trophy and car show accessory industries.

It's the car show organizers who pick the quality of the trophy, not the trophy company. There are plenty of expensive trophies available to them for purchase. The car show organizers are just cheap and buy the cheap trophies.

Also, if people keep buying the "kid crying on the bumper" accessory, then why should they quit making them?

[Nedsel]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Also, if people keep buying the "kid crying on the bumper" accessory, then why should they quit making them?

Damn straight they should keep making them. Otherwise, what would we have the stuffed dog piss on?

[*13*]

Everyone has their preferences. I'm not one to clean every spec of dust from my car, nor do I care about some ugly trophy. That's not why I built it & it's surely not why I enjoy driving it. I do enjoy the local car show, though. For me it's about seeing what everyone else brings. I see my car every day I enjoy seeing the 1955 Chev Bel Air with $20k in paint as much as the Rat Rod with a Rattle Can finish & holes in the floor.

[dallas_]

Originally Posted by *13*

. For me it's about seeing what everyone else brings. I enjoy seeing the 1955 Chev Bel Air with $20k in paint as much as the Rat Rod with a Rattle Can finish & holes in the floor.

Well said.

[rustyBob]

I took my car to a local show and when i went to buy a cold drink from the booth that was there to benefit the car club i over heard one of the judges say he would have awarded the "Cobra" first place if the owner had dusted it off......i drove my car to the show.....the car that got first place the owner trailered the car there and spent all day dusting it off.....i'm surprised it had any paint left on it when he put i back in the trailer.....oh yeah i got second place and didnt spend all day polishing my car in the hot sun.....i spent time in the shade visiting with patrons of the show....

[ENTDOC]

too bad, you could have had the 6 dollar trophy instead of the 4 dollar one

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by ENTDOC

too bad, you could have had the 6 dollar trophy instead of the 4 dollar one

A trophy does not add HP or improve the handling.

I would rather be out driving mine than setting in a chair all day at a car show.

But then that's me. Everyone needs to make their own choices.

[ENTDOC]

you do realize I was being sarcastic, don't you?

[bstuke]

Originally Posted by ENTDOC

you do realize I was being sarcastic, don't you?

No smiley faces....

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by ENTDOC

you do realize I was being sarcastic, don't you?

Yep, same here.

[rustyBob]

I hate polishing dusty trophies..........

[Jerry Clayton]

There's only a couple that I keep around and not in the attic, but the favorite ones I have is record low et from Bakersfield March meet in 70 and 71---
I have several from ISCA in garage attic .

The thing that has been ignored here is the level of shows--they range from the drive/cruize ins at a resturant on a weekly basis----this is a good opt to get your car out and drive it, meet and talk with friends---if you want to enter the competition then your car should be clean or very unique.
Next up would be the monthly type crz of same nature and maybe a little higher level with more cars from a larger geographic area.
Next along that trend are the annual community events generally put on by American Legion, Amvets, Lions Club and these definitely should be spruced up if you enter the comp and are looking for a trophy

Now---when it comes to the off season ISCA type shows (generally winter) you will be damn lucky to even get an entry and if you do----you not only better have your entry clean, polished everywhere, a good display, sign, build picture book, but lighting and music----every screw should be turned so the phillips crosses line up, evenly spaced, and all of the same spec. Everything either counts FOR you or AGAINST you---you need to know the rules before you go so you don't lose the class win just because you didn't have all the tires letters and valve stems lined up-----

[CobraEd]

I used to go to car shows all the time when I first got the car. Now I never go. Not interested. Even if they gave me a 25' trophy, for sitting around all day in the sun doing nothing, . . . Just don't care.


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