Craig,
That sounds like MOST of the car shows in and around the Tucson area. There is
one at Tubak that the local British car show insists on
attending and they finally set up a new class for "British Cars". Whoopie! 40
or so MGs, Triumphs, Rolls, Morgans, Jags, Cobras,
Lotus etc. all competing for the same prize.
Joe
Craig Smith wrote:
>
> Ok,
> I got you all beat !
> There is a local drive in restaurant called Sonic.
> I think they are a chain, they try to bring back the 50's stuff...
> Anyway, I was going by Saturday in my 71 Spit, and saw that they were having
> a cruise in !
>
> So I did !
>
> Should have seen that,,,, I was the only English iron in the lot !
>
> Over 50 cars, Chevels, Cuda's, Camaro's, Hot Rod's, pick ups the whole
> gamut.
>
> My little red Spit sitting there with it's little four cylinders up against
> a 600 cubic inch Mountain Motor in a 72 Firebird with a blower as big as the
> whole block of the Triumph.....
>
> I did get about $.50 in my bucket for viewers choice...
>
> I didn't win anything, but my daughter and I loved it .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:46 PM
> To: FODFARTS@cs.com
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Spitfire classes at shows
>
> 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:
> >
> > 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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