Re: Re: RE: Carlisle classes & judging (My 2 cents)

From: Bob Tom (tigers@bserv.com)
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 08:06:59 EDT


At 03:18 AM 7/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
>There's always a certain amount of "Hey, wait a minute" when you get beat in
>a show by a truck with fewer mods, or a truck that road in on a trailer.
>IMHO, trailer trucks suck. Why build it if you can't drive it?

I believe the manufacturer of that particular trailer made a promotional offer
to the female owner of that IB Dak (how it came about, I have no idea ...
probably similar to the promoted SC Dak who took first place).
Anyways, the offer was if the IB Dak placed, then she got use of the trailer
for a year.

>Some people take these shows VERY seriously. --SNIP--

Yep. A Dak that parked next to me last year at ACN shows his truck
from Canada to the south along the eastern part of the U.S. In this case,
it's a family thing ... done it for decades, starting with their older
mopar cars.

>FWIW, number of man hours, creativity, and uniqueness should
>constitute who wins what, not cheesy hose covers, running boards and fender
>flares. On no way should a bolt-on wonder-truck even compare to something
>that had some serious work done to it..... --SNIP--

Well, one out three isn't bad :-) I took my running boards off for other
reasons.
If I had my way, I'd race just with driver's seat, safety belt, engine and
the frame :-8

Bob



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