True car people are becoming a thing of the past

MoparMike1974 said
Car shows are a joke. It angers me to watch a new challenger off the showroom getting a trophy. I mean, wtf did they do other than buy a new car? But hey, I got a second place for a car I spent 10 years building.

I agree. I used to be into Corvettes. I did a cosmetic restoration on a 66 vert and a frame off on a 65 Factory AC vert (why did I sell that one"). I will never forget going to an all Corvette show and watching the Best of Show award going to an 85 (I think) Vette. Yes, he did do an amazing job detailing it, but come on. He literally drove it home, detailed it and brought it to the show. People were really pissed when that was announced. You should have heard the groans and booing.
A related story. After a 3 year frame off on the 65, it looked AMAZING. I took it to a car show sponsored by the Arkansas Street Rodders club. I was stationed at Little Rock AFB at the time. There was a Corvette category and only 3 cars. Mine (which looked like a brand new car), a 66 vert that was just a nice driver, and a 66 coupe that was fairly rough. The other two cars belonged to club members, and they got first and second place. I walked off and told them to keep their third place trophy. I realize that we should go to car shows for the fun of it and not worry about trophies, but that was SO in my face I just walked away. Interestingly, a reporter from the Arkansas Gazette was there. He liked my car and was so impressed that I did all my own work that he scheduled a photo shoot with me and gave it a whole page in an upcoming Sunday paper.