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I've never understood entering a recent car in a car show.
So, a guy bought a car. Spent a weekend peeling the backing of a JC Whitney catalog worth of self-adhesive carbon fiber veneer, pressing and holding 30 seconds per piece and printing a "ONE OF ONE" frunk sign.
We're supposed to judge that against a great looking car that is 50 years old with tasteful mods or a restoration, and four out of five of its contemporaries are gone?
Could be me but I don't get it.
Hit the nail on the head. Unless a show has classes divided up by generations, you really can't judge a new vehicle against something 40, 50, and 60+ years older than it.
There's a few shows I go to where they use the attendance as the judges, and even then new cars don't win anything, Corvette or otherwise. One of them is a really large show, and the Vettes get grouped 53-67, 68+current. The 68-72 cars always clean up. The amount of butthurt is always comical to watch lol
I've never understood entering a recent car in a car show.
So, a guy bought a car. Spent a weekend peeling the backing of a JC Whitney catalog worth of self-adhesive carbon fiber veneer, pressing and holding 30 seconds per piece and printing a "ONE OF ONE" frunk sign.
We're supposed to judge that against a great looking car that is 50 years old with tasteful mods or a restoration, and four out of five of its contemporaries are gone?
Could be me but I don't get it.
A local Corvette club has a show every year that clearly favors the newer cars over the older ones. They have 6 categories for the last 20 years of Corvettes and only 4 for the first 50 years. It's definitely a new/used car show.
"Generation (check only one): C1/C2 (1953-1967), C3 (1968-1982), C4 (1984-1996), C5 (1997-2004), C6 Coupe (2005-2013), C6 Convertible (2005-2013), C7 Coupe (2014-2019) ,C7 Convertible (2014-2019), C8 Coupe (2020+), C8 Convertible (2020+)".
I went once and felt like I was walking around a used car lot.
I'm currently registered for an all Corvette car show and the guy in the Corvette club who organizes their shows has been posting about registration in this forum. It's held at a Chevy dealer northwest of Atlanta and the cars are parked according to their generations. I've been to this show the last 10 years and was very surprised in 2014 when I won top 20 in show with my C5 vert. The club members display their cars but it's a pretty even split among members and non-members displaying.
I go to support their charities and to talk to other car people.
Take your $60 entry fee, or whatever it was, have a custom medal or trophy made up for you and your "1 of 1" car show and then go bag some beers with the leftover change and call it a day.
I feel you though...car shows are silly the way they're "judged". Just go for the fun and to wander around. Cheers.
I think most of you are way over thinking this. Unless it is something like NCRS or whatever the other brands have, it's just a car show. Whether you win a cheap plaque or not, WHOGaS.
Just go have fun. Enter/donate for a decent parking spot and a place to put a chair and a cooler with beer...er...water. I have a small group of guys we go together and after looking at the other cars we can sit around and shoot the ****. One of us may win a plaque and the rest of us then ridicule him. Good time had by all.
I never understood why a brand new unmodified car would ever win a "trophy" at a car show. They are mass produced cars and nothing special.When I go to shows I take my Prowler LOL
I never understood why a brand new unmodified car would ever win a "trophy" at a car show. They are mass produced cars and nothing special.When I go to shows I take my Prowler LOL
So, I like to put my 2022 HTC in car shows from time to time. I've even received a few trophies along the way. However, most of the time, trophies go to older "classics", and I understand that (I'm currently restoring a 73, and hope to get her into a few shows later this season). My rant is this: If the inclination of the judges is to award trophies to only or primarily the older cars (as I have been told by a judge or two along the way), then why are these shows being advertised as "Open Shows" (all makes, models, and years)? I believe that if I am paying the same entry fee to compete, then my newer car should be judged on an equal footing as the others. If not, then why are they calling the show an "open show" and accepting my money?
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