Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

famous bob said
Lots of neat mopars. But I never will understand why a person would go buy a new car, and put it in a car show, yeah, right , they really did something ! Any body w/ a job can do that ! I didn`t even look at them when I was a judge in a show, ' WHICH I`LL NEVER DO AGAIN !":
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I think I counted over 60 vehicles that were newer than 1982. - And I think there were about 157 cars I photographed. The registration fee was $20. The proceeds go to charity. That means that those newer vehicles brought in an extra $1200. When you do the math it's easy to understand why they include the newer stuff.

For the most part my attention is drawn to the vintage tin. I agree with you about those new cars. But, then again, there are those guys out there that never touched a wrench building their own classics too. - Not to mention the cars that are never driven versus the ones that see real road time.

Despite the fact that we do as much of our own work as we can there are probably some out there that would point out that we do farm out some things. I've gotten to the point where I simply accept all the entries as being from car enthusiasts and try not to cringe too much when I see the trophies going to the guys that never have the cuts, bruises, burns, or grease under their fingernails. They may know how to wax and polish their cars but they'll never have the cool road trip stories, memories, or attachment that the rest of us feel.