Last fall, I attended my very first car show as a participant. (Prior to that, my Ford Escort made me a spectator more than a participant.) Anyway, I was all pumped up about showing the car, which was really only 90% complete at that time. Then I got to the show... Holy Crap.
I've been attending car shows as a spectator since I was old enough to see colors, but you know what? I was always so busy noticing
the cars that I never really noticed
the DETAILS! As I walked around the show last fall, I slowly came to the cold realization that I was WAY out-classed in this group. Not because my car wasn't nice (it
is nice), but because of all those details the judges place emphasis on. This was more than just spending a few hours washing and waxing a car to make it "clean and shiny". No, this was far beyond that... this was bordering on obsessive-compulsive.
Well, I have my second-ever car show coming up on the 27th of April. It's one of those Ford-powered-only shows where I know the Cobra will be popular. (It's in Sumter, SC if anyone would like to attend.) I made my to-do list for the show this past weekend... 44 items. Yep, fourty-four. Geez. It will easily take me from now until the 27th working in the garage in the evenings to complete the list. And if this kid doesn't start sleeping at night, I'm not gonna have the energy to do
that.
Yes, you could say I have a whole new appreciation for car shows and for those who compete in them.
Keith
