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For me, car shows are a mix of things. A lot of it has to do with the organization of it, the personalities of the host or host club, and the attitudes of the attendies. To me these things take precedent over the location.
Its for that reason I wont be going to QSL Cruise Nights, the Howards Grove show, the Janesville show, Fox Lake, and almost any show in Milwaukee.
And its for those reasons I will stay going to Manitowoc, Sun Prairie, Beaver Dam, HOH, and Shawano.
Monetary is always nice, like gift cards to parts suppliers, etc.
I prefer trophies over plaques any day. Although plaques are easier to dust lol.
Quote:And the tuners don’t get respect because of the thumping ass stereos. Not everybody enjoys that type of music. It goes back to respect, to get it you have to give it, and playing music too loud that others may not appreciate is not respectful.I’d partially agree with that. At shows, stereos should be off, definatly. But the A/V tuners make up for only a part of the group as a whole.
I do agree with the money aspect of it. Being younger, they dont have the income that someone twice their age may have in terms of disposable income.
I’d agree that the muscle car group is huge now. I would like to see more custom rods, 40’s cruisers, and yes, more GOOD tuners.
I emphasize “good” because too many of the younger tuners really dont take the time to think through a car project as whole…its like the saying goes: they cant see the forest, only trees. I think thats why the modern tuners kinda get a bad reputation.
Im planning on 2 new front seats, swap the rear bench for a center mounted half-bucket, and make a carbon fiber headliner.
Skinning the roof in carbon fiber.
Powder coat the intake plenum, all mounting brackets, strut brace, hood latch mech.
Polish and clear the valve covers and alternator bracket.
respray the front bumper and leading surfaces of the sideskirts.
Remake my rear diffuser in carbon fiber.
OHHH…thats a good one…chained wallets, large keychains/rings, and studded leather coats. but yeah…im in no way a fan of pets at shows
This year I took a new approach: I attended each region of WI’s larger shows, and then hit my favorite shows. It worked out pretty good in that I was able to see a diversity of rides and new clubs/people.
circletrack: I totally agree with you on MIS…that show has huge potential. And yes, the bias judging in Janesville was terrible. Thats how Fox Lake is becoming even in its concourse judging style.
To be entirely honest, we dont bring ours, and applaud shows that dont allow pets in or bicycles. I’ve seen it happen too many times that a pet scratches a car at a show, or a kid’s handlebar hits a mirror…
I totally understand your frustration though if you were told that you could bring your dog, and then have it denied entrance.
For me, I always love Beaver Dam and Manitowoc. The House of Horsepower show was great too (as was taking their best interior).
I am growing more and more unhappy with Fox Lake. Judging has been becoming more and more of who you know rather than the quality of the vehicle. That was very much the case this year in the “imports-all years” class, with a stock Subaru and Evo taking trophies over the vintage Triumph, MG, or my Eclipse.
Oh well, Im looking forward to another good season next summer.
I was at a show in Milwaukee (all tuner show), and one car won 6 or 7 trophies (every best award, and best of its class) and no one else won anything.
One car, one trophy…keeps it simple.
circletrack, that was the car that was at Jefferson. It was probably the best restomod that I have seen…with every seam sealed and blended.
I agree, the 60s and 70s cars are so popular now that it could be broken down by make, or even by model at larger shows. Larger import/tuner shows are picking up on that pretty quick, where the classes are done by manufacturer, and even those sometimes get subcategories.
To be honest, I’ll have to disagree with MMRJR, I was glad that they separated the import and domestic late models from the other categories, and the truck classes seemed pretty good.
If anything, I would say that the 50s-70s classes should be broken up better because it was so huge per class. Maybe breaking it up by Mopar, Chevrolet, and Ford.
I’m curious as to why a few late model mustangs were in the domestic late model class rather than the all mustang class.
I do agree that the way cars were put into classes was a bit awkward.Overall it was a pleasant show, in a nice location (even though shade would be nice…but who would have thought we would have a 90 deg. day in October).
My big complaint was what won in some of the classes. It stems from my pet peeve of participant ballot. It usually turns into a popularity contest that rarely acknowledges the really quality vehicles. The hearse that won in its class, and the S10 that won best of show come to mind as evidance of poor quality paint jobs or poorly planned builds (Not to dis those vehicles, but just stating in terms of comparison to what else was at the show). To me, the black and red BelAir was the hands-down best of show ride there.
I’ll probably attend next year as it is in a nice area and is close to home.
