I went to my first car show in my then recently passed dad's 67 Dart convertible.
It had a bent front bumper, white left front fender (blue car), missing trim, 25 year old bad paint job. when the show was over and they were handing out the awards I went home.
A week later I got a call to come pickup my award, "Best A Body", there were so many more cars way better then mine.
But... They did not have my back story.
Moral to the story...
- Dont expect to win, in fact what does it matter!
- Develope your car's back story, even if it's short.
- Get a popup tent
- Some fold up chairs
- A cooler with some beverages
- Talk to anyone who will listen, even if you have to chase them down
- Make some new friends
- Have fun