1."Is year model.... this is the most obvious.
2. Is the initial color of the car
3. Wheels and tires
4. Stance, the way it wears the wheels and tires."

I agree with Tony! That's what is going to get my attention. If it gets my attention then I want as many details as I can get. I want the wheel/tire sizes and backspace. I want the engine displacement/HP/induction. Spill your guts I'm listening and then I'm asking.

1. Stance - Think about it! You could have the most rusted out POS wheels and the most rusted out, banged up body but if it sits mean you'll look at it!

2. Motor - For me, I look at if the owner dropped in a huge horsepower motor for looks or if its for function. I would rather see a clean motor that is built for it's intended use and at a horsepower range that is appropriate rather than a high polish, billet everything, triple blower, bored to the hilt BBC that only gets used to rev at idle!

3. Suspension - I look underneath and see if the owner has tried to improve his ride or if he rattle canned everything to make it look nice!

John

My number one and number two thing is

1. How much work did the Dude that owns it do himself.(The Real Bob Johnson for example)

2. If its a checkbook car, who built it and has the owner done a good smokey burnout, donuts or roadcourses in it. (The Bob Johnson we all know well)

nuff said.

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Well alright, I guess I'll be serious too....

1) Who built it and what was their intentions of the finished product.
2) Overall looks (how the exterior blends with the engine compartment which blends with the interior...)
3) Stance and how they achieved it.
4) Powertrain
5) Driveability

I think I see where you are going with this... perhaps people would want to buy a custom tag for their car with pertinant performance / upgrade data on it. Like a trim tag, but with the cool stuff.

We recently shot a car that had an old Isky cam tag on the firewall - it's like an old factory trim tag, but the cam specs stamped in it. Or the SCTA tags the lakesters had with their performance numbers stamped in them. Both were cool.

Am I close?

We wanted to do an upgraded Fisher Body tag on the Royal Sport Camaro, but didn't have a good source for someone who could make one. We wanted to put the new color code, engine, interior, wheel / tire spec, and fluids on it.

- KO

I can field this one....
 

OK, lets leave the B.S. behind......
Most people that attend car shows a= have no idea what they are looking at and b= wouldn't know the difference anyway. That being said, are we asking this question to the general public, or to true afficianados? If the former is the case, then here is the list....

#1 (regardless of the LS2 covers being present) "Is that a big block?"
#2 "What did you do to it."

#3 "How did you get those wheels to fit?"

#4 " Why did you guys Fu#$ up a perfectly good Camaro?"

#5 " How much H.P. does it have, how fast does it go, and can I drive it?"





If the latter is the case then here is my answer.......

#1 "Sweet LS2, what kind of power does it put to the wheels?"

#2 "What kind of ECM did you use and who tuned it?"

#3 "What is the backspacing on the rear wheels, those are 19's right? How did you fit them without tubbing?"

#4 "Where did you find such a nice Camaro to modify, and what subframe are you using?"

#5 "How much H.P. does it have, how fast does it go, and can I drive it?


:D

Clay
OPM Customs

I love pro-touring, pro-street, and street rods of all kinds, but what makes me actually stop to look at one is stance. We've all said "It's amazing what a set of wheels can do for a car", but if it doesn't sit right, we notice that first. I'll check out any car if it has a cool stance, which I think wheel selection definately helps the cause, but the way it wears them (stance) always comes first. For me, Engine/Drivetrain comes next, followed by interior. Oh, if it's wearing Cragars, I would probably walk right by it regardless of anything! :rofl:

When I'm walking around a show or any where for that matter the first thing to catch my is stance.Even an unfinised car looks great if it sits right. Secound paint, agood paint color draws me in. Then I can check out the fit and finish up close. Third, engine and induction. There is nothing cooler than a bitchin' set of stack injectors or a clean carb setup, or turbos, supercharger,etc. Then I start to crawl around the car to check out the rest in no particular order. Then I go home and stare at my pile of pieces and think to myself, Someday.

To me it's first about the suspension, how well does it ride and is it sorted out. Next is the drivetrain.