Kim, you cannot play nice when a post gets deleted then suddenly re-appears from nowhere! Nothing taken personally either
. BTW I don't smoke.
While working for a very prominent street rod & custom car builder in 1997 I learned a valuable lesson. The $300k street rod we were building was getting a ZL1 for motivation, not just any ZL1 but one from an original ZL1 Camaro! I tried to convince him not to use that engine as to the value of it. That is when he proceeded to remove all the numbers and casting flash from the block with a die grinder! He told me "now it is ready to be sent to the polishers." That was when I learned that these rare parts do not mean a thing to anyone outside our little world of musclecars. Since then I have changed my way of thinking, the person that is willing to spend the money will get the stuff he wants no matter what it is going to be used on no matter how rare it may be.
Frank, I had friends at that show and they all say when the awards were given out the COPO body was 2nd and then the crap hit the fan. They thought that was an injustice to the owner of the Yenko. I do not know if they fixed the problem at the show or after but your car did get a $15 award for a $60k restoration. From what I understand from a friend of mine that came up from TN was an entrant at that show, your car was in the Vintage Race Car category when he looked at it or something like that and got moved into the Supercar category sometime after judging ended. So to me the COPO body DID beat the Yenko like they announced at the awards presentation. This post will probably get deleted like my other one did earlier because it doesn't stroke everyone the same but I don't care. Nothing against your car as freinds of mine that were there said it was a nice restoration and they thought you got beat just like the Yellow L89 that didn't win. But my point is that just because a Yenko shows up at a show, no matter who's it is, it does not automatically qualify for an award. Supercar kid said it the best, [ QUOTE ]
<font color="purple"> If you're upset your real Supercar got beat by a clone at a show, then you should likely go home and shine on your Supercar until it's as fluffy as the clone, or reconsider what the $4 trophy the clone took home instead, really means to you.
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[/ QUOTE ] I myself could give a ratsass less what happened but this shows the club made a mistake and got caught by the participants at the show...............RatPack..................