Guys,
In regard to the LotO Car Show:
I take my Bugeye to 5 or 6 car shows every year and have shown cars for the
last 12 years or so. We travel to the shows not to win but to have a
driving destination and to be able to drink beer, tell lies and "act up" out
of town. As you may recall my car was the "winner" in the Bugeye class. I
must say that it came as a complete shock to me. Although I was pleased to
think that "youse guys" liked my car it was NOT, in my opinion, the car that
should have won the Bugeye Class. I talked to Jim before I left about a way
that it could be done that was more fair to those that have made every
effort to have a correct Bugeye. In my opinion Leo's (Iris) should have won
first, the Leaf Green Bugeye should have won second and from there it is a
bit hazy. I suggested that there should be two Bugeye Classes, something
like Street Bugeye and Original Bugeye. Almost nothing in my car is as it
was in 58 compared to Leo's car that was near perfect.
I was in charge of vote counting for a local show a few years ago where the
ballots were confusing, and the cars were parked in random order. The
participants voted for MG's in the Healey Class, Sprites in the Jaguar
Class, Healeys in the Triumph Class, etc. We had the trophies all made up
and we needed to do something to give them away. Since there was no way to
tabulate the actual votes I grabbed two more Club members and we chose the
cars based on our opinion. We made sure to eliminate our cars so if we got
caught we wouldn't look too bad. Sometimes the participants don't play along
with the organizers.
I have a few suggestions for next time, and I sure hope there is a next
time!
See Part 2 for the rest of the story.......
Mark
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