Concours De Elegance and more.....
Any builder or restorer that is in the business has heard of these events. They are held in many large cities across the country with Pebble Beach being the elite of these prestigious shows. Being in a Concours De Elegance has a "interview" in a ways which consists of filling out an application detailing the points of the car along with a group of pictures. If you are excepted, you become a part of a fairly elite group of cars. This gives us a chance to compete with other cars, which I love. I have never been in one before and have never tried, so I am excited to see how it goes. I will let you know how it goes good or bad.
Cars in the shop
It amazes me what I see when people bring us their cars to work on, especially when they have been in other shops. The things found performed on these classic cars can sometimes boggle the mind on why or how these places stay in business. I have a customer who brought me a 1968 AMC/AMX for a variety of problems including that the defrost didn't work. He showed me a bill from the previous shop that had worked on it and stated on the bill was "repaired and installed defrost ducting". Upon inspection, the defrost ducting was not installed and was found in the trunk. We started to disassemble the dash to install the ducting and found something very out of place. A greasy old shirt and a leg from a pair of jeans were stuffed down in the heater box and then duct taped into place. Nice!
Moron of the Week Award
Going along with the Concours De Elegance theme this week, there will not only be American Muscle but a large amount of exotic cars including Porsche, Mazeratis and Jaguars to name a few. This guy just purchased a brand new Jag and thought he would see how she handled. He steps on the gas and this is what happened. He basically just pissed 50k or more right down the toilet.
Babe of the Week
Being a man of tradition, I will always be of the opinion that Hot Chicks go hand in hand with Hot Cars. Wouldn't you agree?
Well, wish me luck for this weekend. My wife and I are going for the experience while hopefully making a few new friends. Till Next time. Nick