Your not alone...
I was one of only two Spits that showed up at a show last summer out of roughly
250 cars. (Punkin' my '78 Vermilion monster)
...thought I had it wrapped up.... unit I was told I was in the 'OTHER'
category.
Even though I was parked right at the sign marking the rows for Spits and GT6's
I ended up having to complete against Lotus Sevens, and a few other onesies and
twosies.
that sucked.
Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <FODFARTS@cs.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:33 PM
Subject: Spitfire classes at shows
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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