My first Car Show

[noblec5]

Went to my first Car show last nite and thought I would post some of my observations.

This event was put on by a local fire dept to raise money for MS, and is a annual show. I've been seeing the ads for this for over a month, and in the ads it specificaly says "arrive together, park together", "no holding spots". Well, people were holding spots, and making the others have to circle around and around to find a spot.

After 10 minutes or so, I find a spot between two new mustangs. They had put their fold-up chairs between them and were obviously "holding a spot" for one of their friends. So, i asked if I can park there. They pretended not to hear me, so I took that as a Yes and started to back into the spot, which they promptly moved. After I shut the cobra down, i noticed that they were boring holes thru my head with there stares, so i jumped out and went up to them and thanked them for holding a spot "just for us ford guys" and then made some random comment about the weather as I was getting out my chair.

Anyway, I noticed people reaching up in the fender wells with their finger's. Which, I guess, is the universal way to tell if its fiberglass or not. After about a dozen or so times, two guys walk up chattin away to each other, and one fella reaches up in the well and starts scratchin his finger!! He stops, and I say, "you know..there is a easier way to tell if it's glass or not" the guy looks at me and says " really? how?" I say, "you could have asked"

Not a single kid touched the car

Another funny thing is listening to people talk about your car when your just 3 feet away.

One guy told me what a nice "big Block" I had. I said thanks and asked him how he could tell that I had a BB? He said he could tell by my valve cover's.

I have a 351W with normal valve cover's.

One guy was asking his friend what kind of engine I had. The friend promptly pointed at something on my engine and said "see that" "its a "427 Side Oiler"

Last One: A father and son walk up, and the kid is just loving the car, and asking his dad all kinds of questions. The kid noticed the reverse speedo and asks his dad why wasn't the tach reverse as well? The dad looks in at the gauges and tells his boy "well, on the original cobra's, all the gauges went in reverse because they came from England" So, i asked if that included the AMP and Oil pressure gauges as well? I couldn't tell if he heard me or not

Had a great time, and will do it again at my next chance

Chris