The incongruities of a car show & "concours", ..and we wonder why we bother |
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The incongruities of a car show & "concours", ..and we wonder why we bother |
1970 Neun vierzehn |
Jul 8 2012, 01:09 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
At a recent PCA car celebration and (alleged) concours, the awards were based on participant voting. I imagined that to consist of presentation, cleanliness, and popularity. I had no expectations of recognition, although I did spend the better part of two days preparing the car.
The somewhat irritating aspect of the event was the resultant awards presented. The bad: in a field consisting of a least a dozen 356s, including a couple of normal 356 Bs, the "judges" conferred the "slowest car award" to a 1976 914 2.0 . I'm not that familier with 356 performance figures but I'd be hard pressed to believe a 1958 356 B Normal coupe would be faster than a 2.0 914 of any vintage. The good: that aforementioned 1976 914 DID win a very deserved award in the standard "concours" judging. It was all OEM as far as I could tell and was a past PCA Parade Preservation class overall winner (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) The real annoyance, however, was the two awards given to a (remember this is a PORSCHE Club event) a car (keep in mind the 914-not-a-real-Porsche controversy) that was a Beck 550 spyder with a VW engine. Granted, it was well done, and I am sure fun to drive in the right venue, but, just what qualifies it as a Porsche? I suppose with the relatively "mass market" approach that corporate Porsche is pursuing of late, I shouldn't be surprised at the general casual approach that car show organizers need to take to attract uninformed and mildly interested participants. Paul |
struckn |
Jul 9 2012, 08:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,069 Joined: 9-November 11 From: South Central York Pennsyvania Member No.: 13,764 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I show a couple Vehicles and have entered in many different formats of Judging to the point that I have resigned to the position of not really carring to much about winning another trophy. Instead what I really enjoy is having the car attact attention and conversation. Also, better then a trophy are pictures. I like to leave the car and stand back to watch peoples reations and interest in the car while I take shots of them with out their knowing. I'm looking forward to showing the 914 when I get it back from the shop but I this year's a bust. Here's a couple pictures of what I'm talking about.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1210.photobucket.com-13764-1341885806.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1210.photobucket.com-13764-1341885807.2.jpg) What ever the rules are you got to not take it too serious to enjoy showing. If you don't it will eat you alive. |
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