Thread: Why are there car shows?

I don't have a show car but do work on them often, and in my efforts to better understand my occupation... I keep looping back to this question. So I think I may benefit from hearing a lighthearted cross section of car guy opinions on why we have car shows. All input is of value and theres no strings attached.

Thanks,

Matt

cause we are addicts........

i look at it like preserving history too. as well as a who got a bigger dick swinging contest.

I like the history and seeing back when, when things were just simple. But who am I kidding I dont ever go to them!

Thanks for the input guys. Now, why are there show cars?

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

Thanks for the input guys. Now, why are there show cars?

show cars show just how creative guys like "you" can be with a flat piece of sheet metal.

show cars are for rich people to make the poor person drool

Someone always has to have the biggest penis.

Alright then. I detect masturbatory overtones.Ha.

What should be the cutoff for it being considered a new car? 20 yrs? 30 yrs? Even going back that far, cars have been so mass produced they still seem new because they are still on the streets. My 97 GP almost qualifies for antique plates. Is that considered too new? Would I take it to a car show? Maybe, if there was a specific class year represented at the show. My mechanic inspected it last week and was admiring it. He said you don't see many like this any more. Yeah, they are not head turners like the 50's - 70's muscle cars, but as long as you have the passion for cars you can appreciate what is out there. I do agree something off the showroom floor should not be in a car show unless it is some type of exotic, custom or limited production vehicle.

I just saw you are from Bucks County. I'm just across the border in Lehigh county. What cruise's do you go to? Did you go to Macungie last week?

Woops, didn't know there had been other responses. An old rodder riddled with cancer set me straight since I posted the Q and now he's dead, OD'ed. I've drawn my own conclusions on the subject.

Like mars, I don't "get" shows. I like to drive. What is the difference between reasons for a car meet and car show, aside from eliminating variety? I don't think there is any. All events are meant to keep out certain people. Everyone will of course insist that it is about bringing people together to pat each other on the back for charity. More power to 'em. I'm happiest when me and my car are the only ones in sight. Nobody needs to approve of me or it and I'm not really into looking at other people's stationary cars, so shoot me.

I personally dont give a **** about other peoples cars. But some cars I want to stick my cock into the exhaust. Couldnt give a fck about the owner LOL

Well, I guess ItHurtz when someone doesn't get the joke...

Personally, I prefer seeing cars that are "halfway"... They're running and driving, but they aren't fully restored and so perfect that it would be a travesty to drive it every day and risk damaging the work you've done...

Something that you wouldn't feel bad about getting rock chips in the paint (if there's any paint left), or maybe blowing up a rear end, or transmission, because they both needed replacing eventually... Because getting anything sideways in dirt or gravel is always more fun than sitting and staring at a perfect 70 Challenger or 69 Camaro or whatever and never driving it.

Don't get me wrong, seeing a car go from a rusty hulk to perfection is one of the most amazing things to me... But once it gets to the "perfection" stage, it's no longer worth it to keep a car like that to me.

You can't do anything with it. If you did take it out into a field and found a big rock with the front bumper... It would be heartbreaking to see the amount of work that went into that front bumper now wasted...

But, if it's a 75 Plymouth Roadrunner (the ugly one) that's got nice big holes in the quarter panels from rust, the rear window is missing, and the interior is well ventilated floorboards and seats from some mid-90's toyota... With a 360 big block and 727 stolen from an old dodge truck and a 7 1/4 rear end that would explode immediately if the engine actually made any power, but if it does explode you don't really care because there's an 8 3/4 in the same truck, but you don't want to crawl under it again because you found a snake nest the first time...

None of that is from personal experience BTW, regardless of how many details I can remember.

we need a sarcasm font for real around here.

Cars should just be banned, they pollute and are loud.