Ok,
I got you all beat !
There is a local drive in restaurant called Sonic.
I think they are a chain, they try to bring back the 50's stuff...
Anyway, I was going by Saturday in my 71 Spit, and saw that they were having
a cruise in !
So I did !
Should have seen that,,,, I was the only English iron in the lot !
Over 50 cars, Chevels, Cuda's, Camaro's, Hot Rod's, pick ups the whole
gamut.
My little red Spit sitting there with it's little four cylinders up against
a 600 cubic inch Mountain Motor in a 72 Firebird with a blower as big as the
whole block of the Triumph.....
I did get about $.50 in my bucket for viewers choice...
I didn't win anything, but my daughter and I loved it .
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:46 PM
To: FODFARTS@cs.com
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Spitfire classes at shows
Brad,
The classes depend entirely on the particular show. I have seen the entire
gamut of classing all the way from dividing Round tails and
Square tails into different classes, to lumping all Spits and GT6's into the
same class.
I think that chrome vs rubber bumper thing is a bit odd though and you might
make mention of a better dividing line for Spits (round vs
square tail) to the show's organizers.
Joe
FODFARTS@cs.com wrote:
>
> Hey list,
> I've got a question for all the show go-ers and participants. My local
> British car club just had it's first show last weekend. While it was great
> fun and my 64 Spit performed flawlessly I was a little bothered by the
> results of the car show judging. My Spit was the only round-tail model in
> attendance so I kinda figured I had first place in my class wrapped up.
But
> at the awards ceremony I was surprised to hear that I got second place. I
> lost out to a very nice 74 square-tail Spit that was parked next to me. It
> seems that the Spitfires were divided into two categories, chrome bumper
and
> rubber bumper. That works just fine for MGBs and Midgets but I feel it
> doesn't quite cut it for Spits. They never really got a full rubber bumper
> like the MGB, did they? I feel maybe the class split should have been body
> style, separate the square-tails and round-tails. They are definitely two
> different body styles, similar but obviously different. It doesn't bother
me
> much about the second place, but I would like things to be fair in the
> future. Any honest opinions on the subject would be great, any advice on
> future class splits would also help, our club is mainly MGBs and Jags, I'm
> the only Spitfire nut in the club so far but I keep hoping to get a few
more
> into the fold.
> Brad
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