- 41. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:52:08 EDT
- << Flame sheilds not needed. I vote for your interpretations. Drivers and DIY are big scores in my book. >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y'know, we haven't heard from any trailer que
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01439.html (9,110 bytes)
- 42. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: "Biff Jones" <biffjones@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:25:07 -0400
- Okay Allen as an owner of a 'trailer queen' I'll answer your When I go to shows I do not vote for cars that have been 'restored' by a professional shop vice the owner. I talk with the owner to find o
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01447.html (11,552 bytes)
- 43. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: type79@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:58:20 -0400
- I will respond as an ex-concours judge. Quite simply, concours judging evaluates the car, not the owner nor who performed the work. As a judge, I would not deduct for normal road dirt. In strict con
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01449.html (11,663 bytes)
- 44. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:31:29 -0700
- Some shows are starting to think about this very subject. The mother of all concours, Pebble Beach, has started a driving tour on Thursday prior to the big show. Drivers that enter and drive their ca
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01456.html (10,473 bytes)
- 45. RE: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 12:36:56 -0400
- Your "Ole Gray" is not a trailer queen. It is a piece of Healey and automotive history and deserves all the pampering you give it. My favorite category at the big concours events is the "preservation
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01457.html (9,791 bytes)
- 46. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:04:00 EDT
- WOW! That is an outstanding reason to trailer the car. What a find! Please understand that I, in no way, meant to use the term "trailer queen" in a derogatory manner. There certainly are good reasons
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01459.html (10,537 bytes)
- 47. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:54:23 -0600
- Trailer queens and checkbook restorations do not bother me one bit. If the car is closer to an original example than mine it deserves to win and I have work to do. It gives me something to shoot at.
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01466.html (8,742 bytes)
- 48. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:17:13 -0700
- I agree with both Biff and Jay as to reasons to trailer a car. I would be hard pressed to drive Biff's car if it were mine. There is a world of difference between an "original" 40 year old car and a
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01468.html (13,335 bytes)
- 49. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Dwgwater@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:09:19 EDT
- Peter Egan wrote a piece in R&T in the last year or so that talked about old cars as survivors...(it was the 63 Caddy he had as I recall) I haven't read it in a while, but the gist was was that unlik
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01475.html (9,803 bytes)
- 50. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: "Wiedemeyer" <boxweed@thebest.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:30:17 -0400
- Speaking from experience in owning both "drivers" and "trailer queens", the answer is simple: There is a huge difference in the amount of time, money, research, and attention to details put into a co
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01497.html (9,586 bytes)
- 51. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:41:12 EDT
- << Anybody out there have a different view of why an immaculate, never driven car should win a concours over a driver? >> Allen--I have always felt there should be separate judging. I am sure not qua
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01501.html (9,304 bytes)
- 52. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:46:41 EDT
- << The reason she is a 'trailer queen' is that she also has only 1734 original miles on her. It had 1712 miles when I acquired her and have in two years of ownership put 22 miles on her. With the exc
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01504.html (9,431 bytes)
- 53. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:00:39 EDT
- << there are times when it is reasonable for a vehicle should be trailered. For example, if I were to attend a meet several states away, I would be inclined to trailer my Sprite. I have no interest i
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01505.html (10,704 bytes)
- 54. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Duquette" <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:59:05 -0400
- Isn't the definition of concours 'a car in as close to it's original sale I'm not there. Don't want to be there. Mine's a pleasure driver. Robert D. --Original Message--
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01528.html (9,156 bytes)
- 55. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Bkitterer@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 04:21:24 EDT
- OK, guess we have to get in to this. We will fire up the car and take it to almost any car show except concours. Our car is not a concours car so it makes no sense to take it to a concours event. It
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01548.html (10,182 bytes)
- 56. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: "Wiedemeyer" <boxweed@thebest.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:28:23 -0400
- Or, how bout something novel? Don't judge them at all. Just I couldn't agree more!!! We should be our own judges of what we've done. It's easy for us to see how our efforts stack up against others by
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01553.html (9,279 bytes)
- 57. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: JustBrits@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 11:35:05 EDT
- Ladies & Gentlemen: I have known Rich for a VERY long time, can call him a friend (I hope <G>!) and would like to add my $ .25 worth. << I DRIVE the car to the event, even if the event is 1600 miles
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01560.html (12,529 bytes)
- 58. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Endicott <endicott@nashville.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:18:27 -0500
- When I bought my Midget is was just for an occasional driver. I took it to my first car show so I could line it up beside others and see what was really missing. To my surprise I took a third place.
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01566.html (10,359 bytes)
- 59. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:53:17 -0600
- If you don't want your car judged you don't need to enter it. (That comes out harsher than it was meant.) I personnally would love to have mine judged on a real concourse basis just to see where it f
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01567.html (9,248 bytes)
- 60. Re: Car show judging (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:01:14 EDT
- << I personnally would love to have mine judged on a real concourse basis just to see where it falls. >> If they judged mine on a real concours basis, "falls" would be the operative word. <G> ==David
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg01590.html (8,362 bytes)
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