Went to a meetup tonight

[jstaples2]

I went to a meetup tonight in my neck of the woods and had to vent a little.

My car is in no way a show car or a rare bird, but just about everything I've done to it has been on my own, on my back in the driveway. I am under no illusion that my 4door is bringing home a trophy, or expect folks to come chat me up about it. However, I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit and let some big money gray hair talk down to me about his "toy" chebby that he bought and keeps in a trailer.

So, I sit there and grit my teeth and listen politely for a while and eventually walk over to my ugly duckling and leave knowing she's mine, with my blood, my sweat, and my heard earned cash. And no one loves her like I do.

I know I'm just whining and being sensitive, but had to vent for the little guy who shows up with what sits in the driveway and not in the trailer. Show it proud!

 

[LeBaron1973]

Don't let it worry you, he probably paid for everything whilst you've done it yourself, something I can't do, so to me that makes you a winner. Well done and happy motoring to you.

 

[GOLDMYN]

It's more fun in a 4 door!

 

[Rwc]

There is no more of an pain in the *** than a self appointed old car expert. Every time you take your car out you're bound to find one. Unfortunately it isn't just the Chevy guys either. Most of them don't understand that if you could jump into a time machine and bring back a brand new car off the lot it couldn't win any shows today because of the paint quality and how poorly many of the body panels aligned.
When they do that to you just silently imagine that guy sitting at a table with a magnifying glass seperating fly turds from black pepper.

 

[65fury1]

I had a similar experience at a car show in ct a few years ago. (Granted it wasn't a c body) I had taken my 4 door 63 ford galaxie (which has family sentimental value to me that I restored correctly myself over 4 years) to a car show and parked it next to this guys 70 chevelle ss restomod . As soon as I had parked it at the show the guy with the chevelle had begun talking crap to his buddies about my car, and telling people at the show how much money he dumped into his chevelle and that he was going to take home first prize. Every time some one came to look at my car this guy would start up his chevelle and start revving the motor. When the judges came to judge my car they had liked how everything on the car was period correct, and the various originally sales literature I had with the car, and I ended up taking home first place trophy. The guy with the chevelle was so mad when they handed me the trophy, he got in his car and burned rubber across the parking lot and sped away talking more crap as he drove off. It felt so good to see that guy have his little hissy fit when he lost.

 

[Fratzog]

You need to be able to have a little fun with jerks like that. We have a few at our local cruise night so the first thing when arriving I look for where they are parked and pull in right next to them. The reaction is usually a hoot...

 

[Big_John]

After you go to a few of these things, you'll learn who not to talk to.

There's a lot of really nice folks out there... The guy with the Chevy is in the minority. Don't let him ruin a good time.

 

[Big_John]

You need to be able to have a little fun with jerks like that. We have a few at our local cruise night so the first thing when arriving I look for where they are parked and pull in right next to them. The reaction is usually a hoot...

Yea, I had a guy in a new metric Challenger give me the stink eye once for parking next to him. It got even funnier when a couple of the guys parked on the other side (old friends, also with metric Challengers) came over to say hello right away. He didn't understand that at all...

 

[Fratzog]

After you go to a few of these things, you'll learn who not to talk to.

There's a lot of really nice folks out there... The guy with the Chevy is in the minority. Don't let him ruin a good time.

You are right. Unfortunately the same minority exists on the Mopar side as well. We have one guy with a 68 Charger proudly opening his hood and showing his 440 covered in Moroso chrome and flexible rad hose. Special of course because itsa B Body...

 

[Big_John]

You are right. Unfortunately the same minority exists on the Mopar side as well. We have one guy with a 68 Charger proudly opening his hood and showing his 440 covered in Moroso chrome and flexible rad hose. Special of course because itsa B Body...

Yep, there's no brand that is better or worse....

 

[polara71]

I caught the same grief as a teenager driving a four door C body Dodge and proudly advertising it on my jacket and t shirts.
It certainly didn't help with the chick's but I wasn't getting many regardless. ...

Four doors are cool...

 

[LatPeahy]

I can't stand those toy hauler car guys. It feels way better to me anyways knowing I did all the work myself. I didn't know a whole lot about em when I first bought the 65 but in the 3 years I've owned it I've had so much fun wrenching and learning.

That was was an awesome story about pulling next to the chevy guy and he thought he was gonna win and you did 65Fury1.

I love my 4 doors

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

Jstaples2. When My Bride and I lived in Austin(Oak Hill) thru' the '90s, It didn't take me long to realize the the Austin Mopar club waz made up of way too many Snotty SOB'z and had ah state wide reputation with their B-bodyz and E-bodyz of being down rite rude and I with my C-bodyz, A-body and even my A-100 5 window PU, plus ah few J+L body Turbos waz never going to fit in with that crowd. Where I did find a perfect fit waz with the San Antonio Mopar Club AND the Huston Mopar group. Check out both groups on the web. The S.A. group Hosted a national meet within the Charger club in Boerne in the city park every summer too and might still be? We used to have a meet at the Bastrop Chrysler Dealership every spring ('bout Memorial Day weekend) and another show in S.A. in October at a Chrysler Dealership on Broadway just north of the Pig Stand. The October show is still going on az far az I know, but at a different Dealership and now on the North West side of S.A. I'd make the drive down to the Pig Stand when they have their Mopar Rally Nites there. I suspect that they are still a great bunch az before and you'll find a cross section of everything from Vipers to little Turbo Screamer G+J Bodyz and you'll be welcomed with open armz. And we were and still are Yankees now living in North Carolina and we were made to feel very welcome by all, Jer

 

[1978 NYB]

I wouldn't let that upset you...

The self appointed trailer queen expert probably had to walk up to your 4 door just to identify your beautiful Mopar.

 

[commando1]

I don't go to car shows anymore. Tired of judges telling me I had to pop the hood in order to be judged.
F@&$ off you morons. And stick your Go-Jo door prize up your butt.
And to the fat B$&#@ in stretch pants who scowls at me because I wont buy 50/50 tickets: Crawl back under your trailer.

 

[Big_John]

I don't go to car shows anymore. Tired of judges telling me I had to pop the hood in order to be judged.
F@&$ off you morons. And stick your Go-Jo door prize up your butt.
And to the fat B$&#@ in stretch pants who scowls at me because I wont buy 50/50 tickets: Crawl back under your trailer.

Don't hold back Stan, tell us what you really think...

I used to have a sign that said "Do not judge" for such occasions.

And 50/50 tickets... No, I won't buy an arm length... I will buy a couple when it is for some sort of charity. One cruise night does the local Humane Society and another does for a local food bank. The ones just to make money... not so much.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

I don't go to car shows anymore. Tired of judges telling me I had to pop the hood in order to be judged.
F@&$ off you morons. And stick your Go-Jo door prize up your butt.
And to the fat B$&#@ in stretch pants who scowls at me because I wont buy 50/50 tickets: Crawl back under your trailer.

AHHHH, HAHAHAHA. Now tell us how you really feel Stan, HAHAHAHAH, HAHA!!!!!!!!!!HAHA,AHUM.

 

[300rag]

Don't hold back Stan, tell us what you really think...

I used to have a sign that said "Do not judge" for such occasions.

And 50/50 tickets... No, I won't buy an arm length... I will buy a couple when it is for some sort of charity. One cruise night does the local Humane Society and another does for a local food bank. The ones just to make money... not so much.

At the local Mopar show there are special non-competition window cards when you register, to make it easy for the judges to skip your car.

 

[Big_John]

I wouldn't let that upset you...

The self appointed trailer queen expert probably had to walk up to your 4 door just to identify your beautiful Mopar.

We were at a car show and a guy walked up to my car and looked on the registration on the windshield (NYS has the car make on theirs). He then turned to the people that were with him and said "yea, it's a Chrysler" and then proceeded to hand me a flyer for a local Mopar show.

 

[Fratzog]

Getting our cars out is must. People that don't have preconceived notions all love them. "Long, large and in charge".