Thread: Car show elitists

What...you mean people can't do what they want with their own cars??

Well said. No point in having one if you don't drive it and enjoy it.

The prestigious Pebble Beach Concours took positive action a few years ago against the trailer queens. All cars competing there now go to an unloading area and have to be driven to a judging area and then driven back to their air-conditioned dust proof trailers. They had found that a few high point cars wouldn't run. They were missing a few things, like in one case of a U16, a couple of crankshafts!!! Others were presented with the inside of the exhaust pipes polished and the owners flatly refused to start them.

I also have a problem with cars that are "restored" to a standard that the manufacturer never intended, or indeed, could have achieved with the technology of the times. Too many of these are mass produced cheap family cars of no great technical merit and never terribly well presented when new.

When you strip aside the gloss and undeserved reputation, that Falcon GT is just a Fairmont with a few options.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

When you strip aside the gloss and undeserved reputation, that Falcon GT is just a Fairmont with a few options.

Which just happened to be the fastest 4 door sedan in the world in its day. Would crap all over many of the much more costly European imports that the "elite" chose to drive.

Personally, I couldn't care less whether someone keeps a restored car in their garage, or drives it regularly on the road. It's their money, their car and their choice. I believe that freedom of choice is something that we still pride ourselves on in this country (well, as much as we are allowed to). I believe that stating that people should be stripped of their assets if they choose not to use them the way that some people believe that they should be used, is little different to the prize ******* you get on some of the other 4WD sites who say that nobody should be allowed to own a 4WD unless they drive them off road and get them muddy.

Having said all that - I do enjoy seeing a well preserved / maintained classic vehicle of any description out and about on the roads. They tend to demonstrate how boring today's whitegoods on wheels are.

Originally Posted by BMKal

Which just happened to be the fastest 4 door sedan in the world in its day. Would crap all over many of the much more costly European imports that the "elite" chose to drive.

The HO variant may have had a doubtful claim to that but not the normal GT.

Look at their competition history.

1967, beat minis at Bathurst.
1968 got well and truly rolled by Holden Monara GTS327
1969 Holden GTS350 took 7 out of the 10 first places
1970 &1971 won Bathurst against Toranas with barely more than half the Ford's engine capacity
1972 got rolled by said Toranas
1973 Torana was winning until Doug Chivas decided he could go another lap without refuelling

Should i point out that the average LC/LJ torana weighs a bit less than a falcon?

I used to show my Alpina regularly. I've had seconds, thirds, commendeds etc but I have never won anything - because I drove it.

There are some really good people in the show car circuit but there are some total nobs too. Like the ones who show Mercs.

I came second to by 1.5 points once - I had spent a month cleaning / polishing the damn thing before hand. Not much I can do about it really.

Hi All

Sprint did all this start cause they got that traffic light working mate

But i agree with most of the posters here that its so wonderful to these classics on the road and yes I agree that it's annoying when people do what you say Sprint.

Regards Mark

Originally Posted by flagg

I came second to by 1.5 points once - I had spent a month cleaning / polishing the damn thing before hand. Not much I can do about it really.

i bet you enjoyed the drive home though!