couple cool ones

sixgunrunner68 said:
Nope, the going trend around here is to pick the "top" x amount of cars at the shows. I think there's only a couple that still do classes.
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Not suprising... Throphies are a little expensive and getting people to judge individual classes is tough. Its easier to just pick the top cars and hand out a couple throphies and be done. Besides that, a lot of people leave early and never get their throphy anyway.... so why bother.

I used to help judge a show like that at a local burger joint. The last time I did it, I got stuck judging the whole show (100 cars) by myself. I would go around, pick the top 20 or so cars first. That's real easy... Then I actually looked at the 20 cars a little harder.... then down to the 10 best of those and then down to the best of the best. I pulled it off, but I'll tell ya, it wasn't easy.

Got them all done and the guy that sponsored the show, a local body/fender/car dealer/self promoter said they had a special "spirit of the sixties" throphy that he would pick out himself. He asked if I had any recomendations and I gave him a couple. He said "what about this '59 Ford over there?" Well.... the car wasn't a POS, but it was far from a show car. I told him there were better cars, but then he told me the guy that owned it was real sick, and this would probably be his first and last throphy.... or show for that matter. So the guy with the ratty '59 got the throphy and he was grinning ear to ear along with the rest of the family.

I felt pretty good about it. Of course.... one clown didn't like that his car didn't win.... first, just complaining... then yelling.... I turned and walked away from him once... yelled some more.... I told him he could judge next year.... turned and walked away again.... He started screaming and calling me names.... I turned around and now I was pissed..... and (I'll never forget this) his wife said "RED... DAMMIT... SHUTUP!!! That big guy is gonna kick your ass!!" He just looked at her, said "yes dear" and got into the car. I still laugh about it!
 
Big John said:
sixgunrunner68 said:
Nope, the going trend around here is to pick the "top" x amount of cars at the shows. I think there's only a couple that still do classes.
Click to expand...

Not suprising... Throphies are a little expensive and getting people to judge individual classes is tough. Its easier to just pick the top cars and hand out a couple throphies and be done. Besides that, a lot of people leave early and never get their throphy anyway.... so why bother.

I used to help judge a show like that at a local burger joint. The last time I did it, I got stuck judging the whole show (100 cars) by myself. I would go around, pick the top 20 or so cars first. That's real easy... Then I actually looked at the 20 cars a little harder.... then down to the 10 best of those and then down to the best of the best. I pulled it off, but I'll tell ya, it wasn't easy.

Got them all done and the guy that sponsored the show, a local body/fender/car dealer/self promoter said they had a special "spirit of the sixties" throphy that he would pick out himself. He asked if I had any recomendations and I gave him a couple. He said "what about this '59 Ford over there?" Well.... the car wasn't a POS, but it was far from a show car. I told him there were better cars, but then he told me the guy that owned it was real sick, and this would probably be his first and last throphy.... or show for that matter. So the guy with the ratty '59 got the throphy and he was grinning ear to ear along with the rest of the family.

I felt pretty good about it. Of course.... one clown didn't like that his car didn't win.... first, just complaining... then yelling.... I turned and walked away from him once... yelled some more.... I told him he could judge next year.... turned and walked away again.... He started screaming and calling me names.... I turned around and now I was pissed..... and (I'll never forget this) his wife said "RED... DAMMIT... SHUTUP!!! That big guy is gonna kick your ass!!" He just looked at her, said "yes dear" and got into the car. I still laugh about it!
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That's a great story!
 
Big John said:
sixgunrunner68 said:
Nope, the going trend around here is to pick the "top" x amount of cars at the shows. I think there's only a couple that still do classes.
Click to expand...

Not suprising... Throphies are a little expensive and getting people to judge individual classes is tough. Its easier to just pick the top cars and hand out a couple throphies and be done. Besides that, a lot of people leave early and never get their throphy anyway.... so why bother.

I used to help judge a show like that at a local burger joint. The last time I did it, I got stuck judging the whole show (100 cars) by myself. I would go around, pick the top 20 or so cars first. That's real easy... Then I actually looked at the 20 cars a little harder.... then down to the 10 best of those and then down to the best of the best. I pulled it off, but I'll tell ya, it wasn't easy.

Got them all done and the guy that sponsored the show, a local body/fender/car dealer/self promoter said they had a special "spirit of the sixties" throphy that he would pick out himself. He asked if I had any recomendations and I gave him a couple. He said "what about this '59 Ford over there?" Well.... the car wasn't a POS, but it was far from a show car. I told him there were better cars, but then he told me the guy that owned it was real sick, and this would probably be his first and last throphy.... or show for that matter. So the guy with the ratty '59 got the throphy and he was grinning ear to ear along with the rest of the family.

I felt pretty good about it. Of course.... one clown didn't like that his car didn't win.... first, just complaining... then yelling.... I turned and walked away from him once... yelled some more.... I told him he could judge next year.... turned and walked away again.... He started screaming and calling me names.... I turned around and now I was pissed..... and (I'll never forget this) his wife said "RED... DAMMIT... SHUTUP!!! That big guy is gonna kick your ass!!" He just looked at her, said "yes dear" and got into the car. I still laugh about it!
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Well he did get the last two words in :lol:
 
69hemibeep said:
Big John said:
sixgunrunner68 said:
Nope, the going trend around here is to pick the "top" x amount of cars at the shows. I think there's only a couple that still do classes.
Click to expand...

Not suprising... Throphies are a little expensive and getting people to judge individual classes is tough. Its easier to just pick the top cars and hand out a couple throphies and be done. Besides that, a lot of people leave early and never get their throphy anyway.... so why bother.

I used to help judge a show like that at a local burger joint. The last time I did it, I got stuck judging the whole show (100 cars) by myself. I would go around, pick the top 20 or so cars first. That's real easy... Then I actually looked at the 20 cars a little harder.... then down to the 10 best of those and then down to the best of the best. I pulled it off, but I'll tell ya, it wasn't easy.

Got them all done and the guy that sponsored the show, a local body/fender/car dealer/self promoter said they had a special "spirit of the sixties" throphy that he would pick out himself. He asked if I had any recomendations and I gave him a couple. He said "what about this '59 Ford over there?" Well.... the car wasn't a POS, but it was far from a show car. I told him there were better cars, but then he told me the guy that owned it was real sick, and this would probably be his first and last throphy.... or show for that matter. So the guy with the ratty '59 got the throphy and he was grinning ear to ear along with the rest of the family.

I felt pretty good about it. Of course.... one clown didn't like that his car didn't win.... first, just complaining... then yelling.... I turned and walked away from him once... yelled some more.... I told him he could judge next year.... turned and walked away again.... He started screaming and calling me names.... I turned around and now I was pissed..... and (I'll never forget this) his wife said "RED... DAMMIT... SHUTUP!!! That big guy is gonna kick your ass!!" He just looked at her, said "yes dear" and got into the car. I still laugh about it!
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Well he did get the last two words in :lol:
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And it shows who wears the pants in that family! :lmao:
 
Believe me, I understand the whole rationale behind it, and a good deed such as the one you describe is noble for sure in that instance. Class judging is a pita. At the same time, and I'll speak for myself, I've seen some questionable awards given for uncertain reasons. That being said though, my car is no concourse resto and I know it, so I don't expect much. I attend for the fun. I like to see what's out there and meet the people driving them and that's it. I'm not in it for the parking lot trophy, not that I don't have any respect for the cars that deserve them. The fact that my car starts up and gives me a sh!T eating grin when I hit the road is good enough for me. :thumbsup:
P.S. That guy that gave you a hard time needs a smack John. Good for you for telling him what you did. :chuck:
 
i have done alot of judging and like john said its a pain in the ass.....you also have to try to keep everyone happy too....theres the guys with way too much money in there cars and the guys who are just starting out building them and driving them.....i agree...the top 25 and individual trophys for best paint/interior/engine and everybodies happy .... but you have to mix it up
 
Nice pics, Marty! Would have liked to have gotten a better look at that F-Body with T-Tops but there is some old, gold Plymouth in the way... :basketcase:

Funny to hear the car show judging stories. Back in the early nineties one of my Chebbie Buddies was asked to be a judge at a show up in Georgia. This guy has a black '57 Bel Air hardtop that is one of the nicest in existance (way over-restified) and a one-of-one '67 Camaro SS droptop that was built in Belgium (GM shipped the parts over there to have it built - it's been in every chebbie magazine known to man), and has had MANY nice cars over the years. Ricky Hendrick's (RIP) LeMans Blue '69 Z-28 used to be his... Anyway, so he ASSUMES that they want him to judge the Chebbies and accepts the offer. So we show up there and he goes to get his marching orders and is informed that he has been put in charge of the "Mini-Truck Class"... :lmao: This was back when all of those lowered, tilt-hydraulic bed Pieces of S**t were everywhere... You could see the steam coming out of his ears. :lol: Still today we torment him about that - if we spot a mini-truck, he knows what is coming next... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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