Originally Posted by
merc
Part of doing cars shows is picking the event that is best for your car. If you review the site
http://www.capitalcruisin.com/ you can enter a event every week. I personally don't choose to bake in the sun all day for a plaque of trophy, but sometimes I do. In the last 6 years with the Marauder I tend to like events with food, toilets, music, and a mixture of cars that I can compete with. I really like the afternoon (3:00 o'clock) shows because a black car looks better in the evening light. Classic car shows are not a good match if it's a judged event. Popular votes means working the crowd.
Be careful of the Club sponsored events because they are bios to there members.
I hear ya!!
Charlie, Bob and I attended a show up in Hamilton*, Md. a few years ago.
Charlie & Bob had their immaculate S/C Marauders front and center at the show and I drove the 427 Cobra.
NONE of us took any trophies.
Members of the local car club, that sponsored the event, took ALL the trophies....Imagine that!
We knew that the voting was rigged when a half-baked, clap trapped POS V8 Vega took a trophy home.
(*North side of Baltimore near Fullerton)
There was a VERY unique 1969 Mustang Mach I converted to a 4.6 DOHC motor at that show...
BTW: Charlie, 'Ole Blue looks as SWEET as ever!!....
Last edited by Joe Walsh; 08-06-2008 at 09:56 AM.
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