Hey Smokey!! You would have cleaned up in a "Project" or Daily Driver
category. It's all perspective!!! Glad you had fun...that's what I would go
for!!
Tim in Fort Worth
'50 Chev 1/2t dlxs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Culver [SMTP:sculver@iwl.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:25 AM
> To: Linda martin; oletrucks list
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] My first car show
>
> Linda-
>
> Do not be intimidated by my experience. I just didn't know what to
> expect,
> and although I didn't place, I was very proud to have my truck on display
> with all the others. And I was not at all the only one that was not quite
> "show ready." I think my real downfall was the firewall and the engine.
> Although my engine is clean, and has lots of chrome, the paint has chipped
> and faded, and the firewall does not have the glossy "see your face"
> finish
> that others had. And some of my wires are frayed and should be replaced.
> (Actually I didn't even know that I was going to have to open the
> hood-Duh!!!)
>
> I noticed that the regular entrants all had bottles of spray cleaner and
> paper towels, polishing things up right up until the judging. Bottom
> line,
> I learned that the closer to showroom you look, the higher you will place.
>
> Hey, give it a shot!
>
> Smokey Culver, League City, Texas
> '50 3600 5-window (mine)
> '58 Apache (hers)
> See 'em at: http://sites.netscape.net/ChrlsCul/homepage
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda martin <lhmartin@wam.umd.edu>
> To: Charles Culver <sculver@iwl.net>
> Cc: oletrucks list <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, September 11, 2000 7:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] My first car show
>
>
> >Smokey:
> >
> >I am contemplating entering my first show in October but your email
> scares
> me a
> >bit. Can you talk more about what it was like?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Charles Culver wrote:
> >
> >> Well, fellow oletruckers, I entered my '50 3600 in my first car show
> >> Saturday (My class allowed up to 3 modifications). Not knowing just
> what
> I
> >> was getting into, I really wasn't ready. I figured a couple of chips
> in
> the
> >> paint job and a few frayed wires under the hood would go unnoticed.
> NOT!
> >>
> >> Anyway, even though I didn't even place, it was really fun, and I saw
> some
> >> very cool rides. Even fell in love with a '65 Ford pickup- I know,
> must
> >> have breathed too many gasoline fumes . . .
> >>
> >> I posted a picture from the show on my website. You can see the fine
> old
>
> >> cars on each side of my truck. The '57 Bel-Air was cherry!
> >>
> >> I guess that was my first and last car show, though. Not that I mind
> >> putting the work into preparation, I just don't know that I want to
> have
> a
> >> show truck for my daily driver. I guess it's enough just having the
> COOLEST
> >> set of wheels for miles around!
> >>
> >> Smokey Culver, League City, Texas
> >> '50 3600 5-window (mine)
> >> '58 Apache (hers)
> >> See 'em at: http://sites.netscape.net/ChrlsCul/homepage
> >>
> >> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
> >--
> >Linda Martin
> >'50 GMC 100 Pick Up
> >Rockville, MD
> >http://www.martinnichols.com/bigblue
> >
> >
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
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