When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
I'm afraid mine is still up on stands from a partial rear end overhaul (that got bigger and bigger) last year. It would never compete with yours, cobalt!
To be fair I have rebuilt my wifes Focus, the front end of my daily Alfa, rebuilt a wrecked VW Scirocco and redone the fuel system on my Escort Cosworth in that time, too... so I haven't quite been sitting on my backside!
No doubt Steve's car is very clean and he keeps them in great condition. Would be an interesting competition.
However considering I got a near perfect score at Parade and won the Stuttgart Award with only a few tenths deductions for made up BS. If politics didn't play a roll I would have been a close candidate for Best in show, if I wasn't competing against one of the sponsors who had 2 days inside to clean against my 2 hours outside after a rainstorm the night before I don't think I have to worry about competing.
Our new concours chair took Best In show at Parade last year. I have been competing against him for decades. He runs a Parade level show which isn't making some novices happy. He is always amazed how I get my cars so clean. My GTS was filthy after putting a few thousand miles on it after its last cleaning. I showed up cleaned for 2 hours while mostly talking and BSing and still got only .2 deduction being judged by some long time Parade Judges. My mistake for leaving my drivers floor mat in. I entered with 0 intention of even placing never mind taking first.
Sorry 928 content. Notice the bagel while cleaning LOL. My friend caught me when I wasn't looking. And yes I am old LOL.
@cobalt That handsome man holding a bagel in one hand and a brush in the other appears to be The World's most interesting man! There has got to be a Dos Equis somewhere in the area?!!
You and @bweSteve are better men than me! A long time ago I owned a real '69 Boss 429 which I painstakingly and $$ restored to 100% condition and fully documented. With those cars, not only there is a ton of data about production correctness, but you can take it up one notch and figure out when/which plant the major components such engine/trans/axle/etc. came from, and who worked the supplier's line and how they marked the components! The happiest day of my automotive life is when I sold that stupid car. I am done with car shows...
OK, maybe one more show in 2025 with my '34 Roadster in the honor of my friend and one of the most recognized hotrod builders; How can you spend 3,000 hours building a tiny 1934 Ford Roadster?
@Igooz I am a bourbon man but an occasional Dos Equis has been know to be consumed. LOL My wife's cousin inherited their father's 32 Buick. Interesting to see what people drove back then. I did a lot of brass era car part restoration back in the day. Many of my parts ended up on Pebble Beach contenders. Along with countless Ferrari and Alfa parts I made for Joe Nastasi.
I finally found an excellent machinist. He does all of Dawe's work and I hope to have an engine up and running for some track events soon. Meanwhile father's day C&C was fantastic. My freind Lake did an amazing job gathering cars this year although the lambos revving their engines must go. So adolescent of them.
My son was kind enough to drive my C2 in his hung over state. Any chance he gets to drive a classic he does. I should learn to take more pictures o this is what some sent me.
Getting ready for the drive.
One of many streets filled with cars of all Marques.
Thank you. Ironically the Amazon gets equal attention. Everytime my son and I leave an event together I always here people discussing which they would prefer to own. Funny nobody wanted Amazon years ago. Today it is a popular color.
Took the turbo to the New Hope Concours car show yesterday. Was a very long day of Judging with 80 mile drive each way. I spent quite a bit of time preparing for the event only to have it rain like crazy just before sunrise. I needed to be there by 7 so it was a painful ride out on wet roads messing up everything I had done. Drove through some goo that I am not sure what it was but took some time to clean at the event. My wife was kind enough to help clean some of the things I couldn't while at the Judges meeting and score the event. There was a large turnout and I judged 17 cars in the hot sun with only a cup of coffee and no food or water. Although it is always nice to see some of the beautiful hardware that showed up. I love to judge so I can see these cars up close and personal although there were a few cars the owner's swore were original and I did not have the heart to tell them the car had been in an accident and poorly repaired.
Sadly I was so exhausted and overwhelmed by the numerous people that wanted to talk that I never took any good pictures. I took best in class against some very nice cars including my friend Kevin who took first at Parade in 22 and 23.
It was immaculate before the drive out and looked like I hadn't touched anything by the time I arrived.
End of the day everyone had left except 1st place winners awaiting their trophy.
I will be crucified for this but I think my wife is warming up to Concours. It will cost me some manicures but she climbed in and cleaned what I didn't have time for.
Nice trophy. These used to be cast pewter but times have changed. I have no more space for trophies well over 100 hanging on my walls in my man cave so I gave this one to my wife for all her help and effort.
06-16-2023, 01:15 PM
I entered with 0 intention of even placing never mind taking first.
