Car Show vs "Show and Shine"

Very long time ago I would go to the March Meet at Famoso in Bakersfield. There, they had a 'car show' and a 'show and shine' at the same time. Kind of gave an indication of what the two were about.

The 'car show' had entry fees and rules. Classes, vintages, no kit cars, etc. many classes were 'stock appearing' or had to be stock. This kind of things takes judges with expertise, and such an event had those kind of people and so they could pull it off. People get really worked up over showing their cars, and so it turns into the 50s rat-rodders vs the bone-stock Fiat guys hating one another because their particular car should somehow get more attentions. At the very least most 'car shows' have a year limit like pre '59 or pre '72 etc.

The show and shine was more open, no trophies except maybe a 'best in show' or 'strangest' or other oddball categories like that. Lots more open and people just wanting to show off their ride and see other cool cars. Cars 'n coffee stuff tends to be the same kind of deal.

Shows also tend to have vendors, food, etc. A show and shine tends to have less monetary involvement, but it's not uncommon to see entry fees and such if a permit from the city is pulled or something along those lines. I've also noticed show and shines tend to be more common at non-automotive type events, like at state or county fairs there's often a show-and-shine area for people to show off the cool cars they brought that stand out from the sea of commuter appliances most show up in.