Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

I think that I've come to the conclusion that trophy winning show cars and true daily drivers are 2 different animals. I still enjoy going to the shows to see all of the cars and to shoot the breeze with other car guys but daily driving takes it's toll on a car. I've gotten a few gravel chips, there's burnt rubber from the slicks stuck to my rear quarters, bugs in my radiator, etc.

I think that I'm going to be more selective about which shows to enter my cars in from now on. I think I'll avoid the really big shows. There are too many 'built for show only' cars. - And there are so many of those aren't built by the owners. It's not as much fun talking with guys that have manicures. I need to see some grease under those fingernails. The car clubs that put on the local shows are predominantly filled with die hard bowtie members. It really gotten under my skin when I've seen them blatantly ignore 99% of the non-GM cars. (you know they do when the judges don't spend 1/10th the time inspecting the Mopars)

I really enjoyed the show I went to in St. Paul, Nebraska last year. I didn't win (of course) but I felt that the judges made decent choices on which cars did. There seemed to be more cars there that were owner built and driven. The street drags they put on afterwards were fun and were possibly what had drawn in more of the daily drivers. I plan on re-attending this show.

I also liked the High Optic Mopar show in Omaha. It sounds strange but I might have liked it more if there weren't so many Mopars there. I would normally have spent a lot of time checking out each of those cars at any other show. But they seem less special in a sea of hundreds of others. It was almost like looking at Camaros and Chevelles at the other car shows. Still, I'm planning on returning to this show.