Bob to be eligiable for the riddler the car cannot be seen with paint on it...not on the web in pictures or anything....This is my understanding anyway and I may be completely wrong?
usually muscle cars do not far well at that show..Roy pigford built IMO a perfect riddler car(i.e.flawless) and got beat out buy a bolt together 41 Willys (prostreeted at that)
So IMO no it wouldn't far that well..not that the car is not nice but usually those type cars don't far well
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Originally Posted by SN65
Hi All,
It looks like our first show is going to be the Detroit Autorama coming up this March. When I told the guy's in the shop, they said, Ohhhh, maybe we will win the Riddler.....
BRAHHHAHHHHAHHHH!!!!!!
They may have been perfectly serious at the time but it is hard to tell. Maybe I should have taken the laugh as a little clue. :-)
Anyway... It did bring up an interesting topic. The general feeling was that, even if this car came out absolutely perfect, it would not be given a second look for this award.
First off, it is completely different than any car that has ever won the award. They are all polished chrome, SS lines, shaved, frenched, blank firewall, minimalist street rod type cars. Ours is built to mimic factory construction. Wires everywhere, factory connectors, factory labels, etc... We would be more successful in a concourse competition than this type of show car setting.
Second, we are not one of the big name shops or builders. I think that there is a certain mind set at these events. If Foose has a car there, he will make the finals, regardless of the entry.
Third, We have not spent 1/2 mill on this project. This also seams to have an impact on the judges.
While these are all good points, I feel that we may generate some interest if only due to the unique aspect of this project. The fact that it is totally different from the projects normally given the nod might even work in our favor, that is of course if creativity has anything to do with the competition at all.
What do you think??? Will a project of this nature be given any consideration or will the judges keep picking cars that are more of the same???
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