On Jun 15, 10:02pm, STU-JO wrote:
> Subject: Car show judging
> Does anyone have any insight as to how people choose the best car in class
> at our various shows? For the second year in a row, in our club a 250 with
> a nice paint job won first. Under the hood, which is always closed, the
> whole engine compartment, (including the carbs! has been painted with black
> crinkle paint.
> The second place went to a red TR3 in average shape, while a BRG TR3 in
> close to concours condition came in 3rd.
> Last year I took 2nd with my red TR3 which also was not as good as the BRG
> one.
>
> I always felt that if the hood wasn't open, it meant the engine bay was not
> in good shape, so I never voted for a car with a closed hood. However
> people have told me the lines of the car look better with the hood down. I
> must say I was disappointed my 8 got nothing after I spent two months
> painting the engine compt, buffing all the alloy , redoing wiring etc.
>
> Also, what about the age of the car?
>
> My conclusions are that :
> The smaller the better
> Red beats any other color
> In the same class, the older car will win
> A clean engine bay is unimportant
>
> What do you guys think?
>-- End of excerpt from STU-JO
If you are talking about People's Choice, well, I usually have a "soft
spot" for certain cars, and I vote for the car that in my opinion is the
one that most nearly meets my expectations. If you are talking about
judging, then the people doing the judging are not very well trained on
what to look for on any particular marque. Certain, all vehicle,
car shows are like this. I used to go to a show here in Michigan called
Carnival of Cars. C of C is/was a great show, but because of the number
of cars being judged, didn't have look at all details of all cars.
They might give a glance at the underhood area, but, not realizing that
a particular car didn't have wrinkle finish paint on the engine, decide
that it was worth first place simply because it looked clean and pretty.
Hopefully you will go to a VTR show and have your car judged there. I
know that there are no political games played at these shows, and that
the judging is purely based on the merits of the car in comparison to
how it was from the factory.
Cheers,
Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@ismi.net
dmitchel@ford.com
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