Musing from my first regional meet
Since I have only been an NCRS member for a little over two years, and have never attending anything bigger than the chapter sessions, I found some interesting things about the Western Regional just completed. I have two cars, a '66 L79 and a '67 L71, both coupes, and my wife helped me shuttle them from home, 100 or so miles away, one at a tme. That was fun, lots of people honking, not sure if it was because I was going 65 in a 75 mph zone or the cars! I was a bit surprised at the large number of C2s, the tiny number of C3s and C4s, and not too many C1s. Guess this is common? Lots of cars on trailers, the vast majority I would say. It was good to see some younger folks into the hobby, not all have envied the Sting Ray since high school like some of us. The overall quality of most all the cars was very high, not a junker anywhere to be seen.
I am wondering how the meets have changed over the years, and when the C2s became the, by far, dominate variant of the species. Another thing was the perceived (at least I felt it) judges suspicion about the C2 big blocks, and black/red or red/red cars. It seems they got a disproportionate share of scrutiny by the judges. Is this sensitivity common? Guess maybe that is where the hobby is these days. Anyways, it was great fun, makes me want to drive 700 miles to the next one.
I am wondering how the meets have changed over the years, and when the C2s became the, by far, dominate variant of the species. Another thing was the perceived (at least I felt it) judges suspicion about the C2 big blocks, and black/red or red/red cars. It seems they got a disproportionate share of scrutiny by the judges. Is this sensitivity common? Guess maybe that is where the hobby is these days. Anyways, it was great fun, makes me want to drive 700 miles to the next one.
Comment