No love for Marauders in Long Island

[Blackened300a]

I entered a car show out in St James Long Island this Sunday. I spent quite a long time getting the interior and exterior fully detailed for this show. I also have all the books and articles they give points for as well as my original window sticker put in the window.
My car is a daily driver, 3 years old and was the only Marauder in any of the shows I have ever gone to, but they put me in a new car catagory which I was against a 06 Impala SS which the guy just bought on Friday and a 06 Monte Carlo SS which the guy has had for a month and never drives. Needless to say I came in 3rd.
They just dont get that the Marauder is rare and limited.
Im better off going to Avis rent a car and pick up a new car for the weekend. Ill definitly come home with a 1st place without the effort

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[DEFYANT]

I hear ya bud. Its just not in the cards this week it seems. My car didn't win stink at the car show either.

Screw'em, we know what we got!

[fastblackmerc]

I feel your pain..... Went to a car show 2 weeks ago. They didn't even have a class for the MM. Needless to say I didn't win top 50, best in class or best of show:( I did win the 50-50 drawing. $225.00 clams in my pocket:banana: Not a bad return on my investment.... $20.00 to enter & $5.00 for 6 50-50 tickets.... :D

[rozkopeeko]

Don't Sweat It They Don't Have Enough Class To Drive A Ride Like Ours (lololol),,,, Only A Select Few Can Understand The Passion

[Bigdogjim]

Don't Sweat It They Don't Have Enough Class To Drive A Ride Like Ours (lololol),,,, Only A Select Few Can Understand The Passion
Yes this is so true..........I get so tired of people asking is that a Buick? Lincoln? Caddy? Nice cop car!

[Dark_Knight7096]

I remember one year I was in a car show against a POS F-150 that someone put a whole lotta "Tonka" stuff on. The truck didn't look too great but it was custom, and it was one of a kind. I didn't even place. Neither did that truck. The first place winner was an EVO, second place winner was a WRX STi, third place winner was another EVO. This year my sister entered that show and was in the same class, this time there was a brand new Ford GT entered in it. My sister took first place with a one of those Mineral Gray 2005 Mustang GTs. All she has is a billet grille and a 5" cowl hood. I'll never understand judges or the people at car shows in general.

[shakes_26]

Your dealing with the Riverhead Raceway crowd, what did you expect?

Chivvvy's will always ruhl!!

[X369]

Yes this is so true..........I get so tired of people asking is that a Buick? Lincoln? Caddy? Nice cop car!

Hey Big Dog,

I thought the South Jersey Mustang club gave you best 4 door Mustang!?!

Ron

:beer:

[merc]

Car shows are like card games, just because you show up means nothing without a plan. I have learned from the best in Northern Virginia and Kenny Rogers. It’s not the car; it’s how you present the car. I think judged shows are better for the Marauder then peoples choice, but what do I know.:blah:

[Glenn]

Never Mind! A basically stock MM can beat a new MC SS any day.

Glenn

[jgc61sr2002]

I entered a car show out in St James Long Island this Sunday. I spent quite a long time getting the interior and exterior fully detailed for this show. I also have all the books and articles they give points for as well as my original window sticker put in the window.
My car is a daily driver, 3 years old and was the only Marauder in any of the shows I have ever gone to, but they put me in a new car catagory which I was against a 06 Impala SS which the guy just bought on Friday and a 06 Monte Carlo SS which the guy has had for a month and never drives. Needless to say I came in 3rd.
They just dont get that the Marauder is rare and limited.
Im better off going to Avis rent a car and pick up a new car for the weekend. Ill definitly come home with a 1st place without the effort

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/blackened300a/carshow006.jpg


Paul - Unfortunitly you are correct.
Most people think it is a Police Car.

Entered mine in a GTO sponsered show and also got a third place.
Not to shabby (IMO) with at least a dozen new GTO's in class.
By the way it was a popular vote show, not judged.

[Marauderman]

I feel your pain..... Went to a car show 2 weeks ago. They didn't even have a class for the MM. Needless to say I didn't win top 50, best in class or best of show:( I did win the 50-50 drawing. $225.00 clams in my pocket:banana: Not a bad return on my investment.... $20.00 to enter & $5.00 for 6 50-50 tickets.... :D
Your the luckest guy I know--Lets pool up for the lottery---!!!!!!!

[fastblackmerc]

Your the luckest guy I know--Lets pool up for the lottery---!!!!!!!
You got it!!!!! :banana2:

[Blackened300a]

Why Do I subject myself to this torture!!
Today was another judged car show at Belmont raceway. Yesterday I spent 6 hours detailing the car, I pulled the wheels off and scrubbed inside and out. I also scrubbed the inner wheelwells, went over every part of the engine and every plastic piece of the interior.
I was up against my friends flawless garaged 03 Lincoln LSE, 06 Dodge Charger R/T, 06 Charger SRT/8 ,and that same Impala SS from last week that won first place.
Care to guess what happened????

Impala SS takes first alone, the Chargers tie for second and My friends LSE and myself tie for 3rd.
There are 2 more shows left and then I think Im going to call it quits!!!
How can a 3 yr old daily driver compete with brand new cars??

[Tallboy]

Never Mind! A basically stock MM can beat a new MC SS any day.

Glenn

Not even close to true.

A new Monte Carlo SS or Impala SS will wipe the floor clean with a "basically stock MM".

[jgc61sr2002]

Paul - Congrats.:D :trophy1: Hang in there.

[Bluerauder]

Care to guess what happened????

Impala SS takes first alone, the Chargers tie for second and My friends LSE and myself tie for 3rd.
Hey, 3rd place ain't a bad showing. :trophy: Congratulations !!! :congrats: Maybe a "show board" like Merc, LadyHawke, Mike Poore and others have suggested will boost your display.

[fastblackmerc]

Why Do I subject myself to this torture!!
Today was another judged car show at Belmont raceway. Yesterday I spent 6 hours detailing the car, I pulled the wheels off and scrubbed inside and out. I also scrubbed the inner wheelwells, went over every part of the engine and every plastic piece of the interior.
I was up against my friends flawless garaged 03 Lincoln LSE, 06 Dodge Charger R/T, 06 Charger SRT/8 ,and that same Impala SS from last week that won first place.
Care to guess what happened????

Impala SS takes first alone, the Chargers tie for second and My friends LSE and myself tie for 3rd.
There are 2 more shows left and then I think Im going to call it quits!!!
How can a 3 yr old daily driver compete with brand new cars??
Don't call it quits!!! I go to shows just to get a chance to enlighten the people there about the MM. Most have no idea what they are...... No it's not a poilce / FBI / CIA car.... no it's not a fire chief's car (Mercury looks like he's wearing a fireman's hat).... what kind on engine is that??? looks really big.... If I win a trophy then I see it as a bonus. I am going to invest in a storyboard also.

[Blackened300a]

Thanks for the words of confidence and the congrats! I was thinking of making a storyboard. It probably would help out my chances.
I have dealer brochure's, posters, a hot rod article, my MM jacket hanging up in the trunk, and all the required things they look for.
Its just not enough for them to give me the nod. Even one of the judges said her husband was going to purchase a Marauder but they couldnt find him one in DTR.
2 more shows to go, lets see what happens
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[Marauder386]

Its too bad they are such tight***es towards your Marauder...I repeat to you like everyone before me...DONT GIVE UP. You are doing as Iam and keeping the Marauder in peoples faces. I am not trying to pour salt on your wounds with the story that follows. Dont give up and keep the Marauder out front for all to see....

I took First Place this past Saturday at the Charleston Air Force Base first annual "Match Up" Car Show in the '90 to '06 category. I was up against all the heavy hitters that are new and shiny and pretty. RoadPig and I went there with my Car Club to assist the Air Force in running the show. Ended up entering her and all I could do to get her pretty was put tire shine on and wipe off the rims....and RoadPig got her very first trophy !

Dont lose the faith ( I almost did )...Every person I met and talked with about my car was genuinely impressed with her and in some way said that FoMoCo shouldnt have let the project die...Keep jamming the Marauder down the rest of hotrod America's throat !

:cool:

[Blackened300a]

I do have to say that there were quite a lot of people around my car and asking me all sorts of questions about it.
Some people said that they were going to buy a Marauder but the price scared them away, some people are kicking themselves for not getting one, and I think I may have turned a few people into future owners! Then I get the people that have no clue what the Marauder is and with these people come the stupid questions. :censor:
Six times I was asked where I bought my rims, I was asked what shop installed my dual exhaust, and the dumbest question came from a guy in his 30's who was looking directly at my engine and still asked how many lbs of boost does the factory Supercharger put out :shake:
Even when I came in the show, one judge was going to put me in a modified class until the judge standing next to him told him that my car is a Marauder and that's how they look stock.
I really do need to represent this car because there are so many people that have no clue what they are looking at.

[merc]

Dont lose the faith ( I almost did )...Every person I met and talked with about my car was genuinely impressed with her and in some way said that FoMoCo shouldnt have let the project die...Keep jamming the Marauder down the rest of hotrod America's throat !
:cool:

:2thumbs: sent them to Marauder 101 school with a smile

[Mesencephalon]

Holy cow that would make me so frustrated! I hope you get to a show where people appreciate what you bring and your efforts. make the drive worthwhile :)

And speaking of, and at the risk of seriosly annoying people, can I ask another stupid question? WHERE are everyone finding out about all these car shows? I am in Albany, but I'd have driven to this one, that one, the other one, even to LOSE to an S/S just to be IN one of these shows and maybe hang with another Frustrated MM owner! Seriously, I am always reading about these AFTER they're over, is there some sort of web site where all the car shows are listed? Am I the only one that doesn't know where these things are in advance enough to drive there? I really really feel like the retarded cousin locked in the attic on this one, like I'm the only one not "in the know" but I cannot figure out where people are hearing about these things. I want to fix my car up with every mod I can think of, in some sort of logical order instead of Willy Nilly, and go to these shows all year round when I can, spreading the MM Gospel to the Heathens ... like, I'm planning a pilgrimage to Kansas City to the Church of F.I.T. some day and I'd love to be able to plan what car shows would be after that or before that, etc. I'd like to spend the winter entering shows anywhere there isn't snow for 3 or 4 months (texas? Arizona? Can one plan enough shows to enter that they don't have to go back into the attic where Katrina dumped them in Albany?) but I can't figure out where to get a list of shows so I can plan these things. The internet and google have NOT been kind, like, I've been googling "car shows" and this one that Blackened300a went to on LI is like, 3 hours from me or so and I never got a google on it. I admit, I'm not a "car" guy and am new to all this, but I can't imagine how everyone's "in the know" on these things all the time while I can't even find ONE near me (until it's over, by reading on here) and now I find out about 3 of them, plus some private meets, plus some arranged "track" events, all in the last month and I haven't found about one of them until they've been over. I finally figured out how to 'subscribe' to threads on this thing, so maybe that will help a bit, but there has to be more I'm missing, right? Any help will be most appreciated, and again, for those of you rolling your eyes and making the "oh god not another newbie" face, I know, I know, and I understand how stupid I sound, but this is all so new to me. I apologise, really i do. Thanks very much in advance for any help. I want to make my Marauder a real showy car, I have laid out plans for all the "looks" and although I need a lot of advice for the "guts" mods, eventually I know that I can get all the help I need here, everyone is so helpfull and the spirit of community is really felt here, more even than on my one other forum I'm in, that I know I will learn steadily what I need to know, but this car show thing really has me frustrated and there's only so much good weather left until the evil, evil snow begins to fly again. Thanks so much ...


Mes

[Bluerauder]

WHERE are everyone finding out about all these car shows? I am in Albany ...
Mes
Try this link ..... http://www.carshownews.com/national/NY.htm It lists alot of car shows and such in the New York area.

I did an AltaVista search on "car club" +"car show" + albany

Check and see if there are any local car clubs, mustang associations, cruiser organizations in your area.

[Blackened300a]

OLD THREAD ALERT!!!!! Its my old thread I guess that makes it ok :rolleyes:

I took over a year off of the local car show circuit with the Marauder until yesterday. I decided to give it another go and spent my entire Saturday detailing the car. As always, over 600 cars in attendance and Im the only Marauder in the field. I figured with my new cam covers and some other dress-up mods I could do better then my usual 3rd and 4th place in these judged shows. I had 8 cars competing with me in my class, A blue Mach1, orange Z28 SS, orange Trans-am, silver mustang convertable, 08 Impala SS, 2 late model T-birds and myself. The two F-bodies and one T-bird finished 5th and 4th, the convertible mustang tied for third with the other T-bird, I tied for 2nd with the mach1 and the same guy who just trailers his POS Impala SS to the show took 1st just like he did back when he bought the car new in 07 and took it to shows.
Its hard to compete against a new car with a 6yr old one. Im just happy to take second in this show.
A lot of people admired the car and complimented it often so I was winning over the people more then the judges. Even when I drove in I was told by the guy handing out the tickets that he loved my car. I wish he was the judge. :(
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This guy next to me in the 64 Impala SS which I thought was flawless and sure winner only took 3rd.
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[Bluerauder]

I took over a year off of the local car show circuit with the Marauder until yesterday. I decided to give it another go and spent my entire Saturday detailing the car. As always, over 600 cars in attendance and Im the only Marauder in the field. ... I tied for 2nd with the mach1 .
Congrats on a 2nd place finish Paul. :trophy: :up:

I know how frustrating it can be when you put so much time into detailing the car. Some of these shows are hard to figure out. I think some of them have their buddies as judges or they are members of the sponsoring club. Others are people's choice ballots. Who knows how that will turn out. Trying to figure out what works in one show ... doesn't necessarily translate to a win in another show.

I have stopped being disappointed in not bringing home a trophy and try to just be content with showing the car, talking it up and hopefully educating some of the masses on what a special car the MM is.

[Blackened300a]

This is why Im putting together our own trophy catagories in Carlisle. This get all Marauder owners involved. Im still working out the details.

[TiTo35]

A 2008 Chevy Impala??? Are you serious? There is nothing flashy about the new Impalas...OMG...that 64 is a classic...I dont see anyone looking back to an 08 Imapala and saying that was one helluva car...:down:

[Ms. Denmark]

Paul, we all know the beautiful condition you keep your car in. That, coupled with the limited number of Marauders, should be more than enough to take 1st place in that line up. 2nd place.......there's not much you can do about ignorance. You have nothing to apologize for.:cool:

[justbob]

Congrats on second place Paul, that is a great place to be in considering we are the 2%'s!!!!!

[DEFYANT]

Congrats Paul!!

I dont care much for the "car club / spectator judged" shows. I like the "cruise in / hang out" shows. I've been out of the shows for a couple of years. The Marauder will be waxed and detailed this week and have some naintenance done next week. Then its off to the shows with the kids to catch up with some old friends I have not seen in awhile. CAM meets too!

[Bluerauder]

Congrats Paul!!

I dont care much for the "car club / spectator judged" shows. I like the "cruise in / hang out" shows. I've been out of the shows for a couple of years. The Marauder will be waxed and detailed this week and have some naintenance done next week. Then its off to the shows with the kids to catch up with some old friends I have not seen in awhile. CAM meets too!
It really is a crapshoot depending on the show itself. I was stunned to take a 2nd place trophy at the UPS show in Laurel, MD back in October 2006. There were over 1,500 cars registered and about 29 classes of cars. I came in 2nd between two Ford GT supercars (one was silver with white stripes and the other was white with blue stripes). When they called out my name and car, I had to look at Joe Walsh and Mike Poore to see if I heard correctly. Having my MM between two $150,000 cars was "priceless".

Joe took a 1st place with his Cobra and Mike took a 3rd place with his Mustang Feature car "Sunshine". It was a very good day for CAM at that show.

However, I have gone to carshows with only about 50 cars and walked away empty handed. Like I said, it is hard to figure out.

[jgc61sr2002]

Paul - Congrats.:D:trophy:

[MENINBLK]

I don't go to the car shows for the competition any more.
I know what I got and I am proud of it when it is looking its best.

There aren't too many ONE OWNER cars with 100k miles on them
that look like they were just driven out of a showroom these days.....

Best of all is that I get to drive it WHENEVER I WANT !!!

I go there so I can hand out napkins to the droolers... :drool:

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

What is there to admire about new impalas?? The guy never drives it, just goes to car shows with it? Sounds like a tool..ITS FWD what is so special about it!?!:mad2:

[Blackened300a]

What is there to admire about new impalas?? The guy never drives it, just goes to car shows with it? Sounds like a tool..ITS FWD what is so special about it!?!:mad2:

It goes by who you know and how often you spend your $20 at the door. I talked to this guy at a oldsmobile show last year and he compared my car to his and telling me that he has the corvette LS2 with a chip that gives him 450hp :rolleyes::rolleyes:
I then told him to wait for me out on the main drag and I want to see what 450hp can do against my measly 300. He laughed and slinked away like the tool he is. :shake:
Car shows bring out all the characters.

[03SILVERSTREAK]

Hello everyone and hello Paul.

Paul you intrested in entering your Blk Beast in the 3rd annual mustang and all Fords spring round-up show being done by the mustang club of orange county on sunday may 31 from 9AM till 4PM ? (rain date June 7)

The show is being done at sunshine Ford Lincoln Mercury at 40 route 17K Newbergh NY.

Your car would go under class V ( 1970 to present ford lincoln mercury )

In the 3-years that I have entered my MM (RIP):( there has been no other and this year Im entering my Adrenalin for the 2nd strait time.

1st time last year with the Adrenalin 1st place against a supercharged F-150 Harley Davidson so if intrested ,I have full details... :)

[Blackened300a]

Hey Adrian long time no see. That date sounds familiar for some reason. Ill check it out and let you know. It sounds like a good idea so far.

[rayjay]

Congrats Paul, way to represent! I triple the WTF on the Impala :shake:

[lwblumjr]

Hi all,

I have entered my Marauder in four (regular) car shows. The first one I received a Top 25 award. (I had the only Marauder.) The second one I got a third place. (I had the only Marauder.) The third one I got a second place. (I had the only Marauder.) The fouth one I got a first place. (I had the only Marauder.) I also had the only car in that class. :D Of course the best car show I have ever shown my Marauder in was at Marauderville IV. There were 61 other Marauders there! :rolleyes: Black Beauty has been retired from show duty while she was on top. :)

[03SILVERSTREAK]

Hey I just didn't mean Paul only anyone with a MM can come except Ralph.

Sorry Ralph but no goats allowed. :) :) :)