Car Show Advise Needed
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Car Show Advise Needed
MY APOLOGY.... JUST REPOSTED THIS IN THE GENERAL SECTION... CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELETE THIS ONE...
Ed
It's been a year since my son (7 yrs old) and I purchased and started on our 1980 rebuild project. We've completed a complete interrior refurb/replacement and installed a nice stereo system. In the engine compartment, we bumped the Hp up 110hp over stock and dressed her up a bit. Exterrior complemented with newrims and tires.
Yesterday afternoon, we had the car detailed and decided to enter it in our first car show (first show he and I have ever registered for - ever) so I had ZERO experience nor had any idea what to expect. We registered it in his name in the 80s class as the Corvette Class was very competitive. Only four cars in the 80s class last night and we were the only Vette (Buick Grand National, Turbo Trans-AM and a Riviera). I worked on managing his expectations as the little guy really wanted to win a trophy and he literally sat near the car and made me aware of "anyone" that he thought was going to vote for it....he was so excited.
To make a long story short, I had to comfort a very dissapointed/crying little boy last night as he didn't win. Grand National took first (very clean car with a lot of chrome under the hood), Trans-AM took second (clean outside but engine compartment was well worn).
I need to learn from this so that I can better our (his) chances of winning something next time and need all the insight/experience of those that have done this before. I've attached pictures of the car so you can see what we entered. I have several questions to start the conversation but literally am looking for ANYTHING/ADVICE you may have.
Questions:
Does location matter? We were one row off the registration tent while the Trans-am was only a few cars down from registration and Buick just behind the tent.
Paint Blemishes... should I make a real big deal about nicks and scratches? The judges were literally everyone that had a car in the show (approx 120 cars).
1980s muscle car? The announcer made a comment about "...being few muscle cars in the 80s"...given the stock 1980 vette was not considered much with a stock 195hp. The Grand National and Trans-AM were much more when stock... Should we accept that our 1980 will always be an underdog due to the stereotype?
The perfect car? I know my air dam is the remaining part needing repair on the car...and I'll take on this next....just didn't think it would be a big element as you could hardly see it and we didn't see anyone look under the car...???
Forgive me if these are dumb questions... just have ever been in a show before. Thanks in advance everyone... Ed
Ed
It's been a year since my son (7 yrs old) and I purchased and started on our 1980 rebuild project. We've completed a complete interrior refurb/replacement and installed a nice stereo system. In the engine compartment, we bumped the Hp up 110hp over stock and dressed her up a bit. Exterrior complemented with newrims and tires.
Yesterday afternoon, we had the car detailed and decided to enter it in our first car show (first show he and I have ever registered for - ever) so I had ZERO experience nor had any idea what to expect. We registered it in his name in the 80s class as the Corvette Class was very competitive. Only four cars in the 80s class last night and we were the only Vette (Buick Grand National, Turbo Trans-AM and a Riviera). I worked on managing his expectations as the little guy really wanted to win a trophy and he literally sat near the car and made me aware of "anyone" that he thought was going to vote for it....he was so excited.
To make a long story short, I had to comfort a very dissapointed/crying little boy last night as he didn't win. Grand National took first (very clean car with a lot of chrome under the hood), Trans-AM took second (clean outside but engine compartment was well worn).
I need to learn from this so that I can better our (his) chances of winning something next time and need all the insight/experience of those that have done this before. I've attached pictures of the car so you can see what we entered. I have several questions to start the conversation but literally am looking for ANYTHING/ADVICE you may have.
Questions:
Does location matter? We were one row off the registration tent while the Trans-am was only a few cars down from registration and Buick just behind the tent.
Paint Blemishes... should I make a real big deal about nicks and scratches? The judges were literally everyone that had a car in the show (approx 120 cars).
1980s muscle car? The announcer made a comment about "...being few muscle cars in the 80s"...given the stock 1980 vette was not considered much with a stock 195hp. The Grand National and Trans-AM were much more when stock... Should we accept that our 1980 will always be an underdog due to the stereotype?
The perfect car? I know my air dam is the remaining part needing repair on the car...and I'll take on this next....just didn't think it would be a big element as you could hardly see it and we didn't see anyone look under the car...???
Forgive me if these are dumb questions... just have ever been in a show before. Thanks in advance everyone... Ed
Last edited by 80TexasC3; Apr 3, 2005 at 12:40 PM.
