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:
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> 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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