RE: [DML] thoughts from my first car show

["Murray Fisher" <murrayf@xxxx>]

I had the same reactions pretty much, from MY first car show a few years
ago. I have had mine going on 7 years and entered one accidentally the
first year....we drove 30 miles to an annual all cars show, however we
ALWAYS attended this and had no idea of participating......we were early and
parked outside the entrance. As we drove up, they motioned us to go inside,
we shook our heads and kept walking......several of the head guys followed
us and tried to talk us into bringing the car in. I told them it was not
even washed, let alone detailed and we had to leave early......but they
insisted and said they would waive the entrance fee. We finally gave up.
Parked the car in a spot they made for us in the middle of one of the street
intersections all by itself!! I went over it quickly with my California
duster and that was about IT as to preparations. I had a guilty conscience
and went and paid the fee for display. I didn't even know what category it
should be in......they told me "Original Unrestored". There ended up being
82 cars in that class.......This is a farming community and I think half the
farmers had a rusty hulk behind the barn and got it running and brought it n
to the show. There were about 350 cars in the show. Main street was
blocked off for it.
We had our lawn chairs along and set them out on the sidewalk nearby.....we
were just amazed at the attention it got......at first I left the doors down
and when I decided to open them, they just came running...my wife was
counting spectators from time to time and at one time counted 21 looking AT
the car and many more around it...at the same time the beautiful Corvettes
that had mirrors under them and had been beautifully restored were getting 3
or 4 people at a time....it stayed that way the entire show....I had kind of
a guilty conscience as, after all, the only thing I had done was to buy the
car and they had worked forever on theirs! We were shocked when we were
given the first place trophy. I guess it is needless to say that ours was
the only DeLorean there.
We have entered several shows of the same type and about the same number of
cars and always won a trophy...not always first though!!
We have NEVER objected to fingerprints or people asking to sit in the car
to have their picture taken. I have even taken some myself and mailed
copies toi them. I had a man in a late Honda NSX next to us one year, ask
me if I cared if he wiped off the fingerprints as he saw them!!! I told him
I just would wait until I got home, but he was tickled pink to do this....We
sure enjoyed participating and meeting other car fans.
BTW, we purchased the car from the original owner with 3K miles on it and
now have 8K so it still presents a good "image" to people.
Murray
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