Just a quick question on Car Shows

[Hall of Fame]

Just need an opinion on when y'all get your car judged. Has anyone had a Judge fondle their car.. feel up in the wheelwells, touch it under the hood?

[denny2188]

I'm just going to follow this thread & watch some of the answers you are going to get

[AdamZ]

Originally Posted by denny2188

I'm just going to follow this thread & watch some of the answers you are going to get

Yup.

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by Hall of Fame

Just need an opinion on when y'all get your car judged. Has anyone had a Judge fondle their car.. feel up in the wheelwells, touch it under the hood?

Car show judges, well good ones anyway, know not to touch the cars their judging.

[_Nick_]

We need a 1:16 scale replica so the cars can show where the judge touched them.

[Hall of Fame]

Originally Posted by stieger

Car show judges, well good ones anyway, know not to touch the cars their judging.

That is pretty much what I told the President of the Club who hosted and watched his Judge do it . I said it was unethical while He defended his Judges actions of touching the car. Anyone else had a Judge touch their car?

[angie7]

Nope never had a judge touch my car.

[heRS]

no, that's my job

[Dmerk]

Interesting! By "car show", are you guys referring to something different than a "concours" style car show? In one of our local club's concours-type events, the adjudicators do touch the cars, inside the tailpipes, on the inside of the wheel wells, inside seal seams, under the side rockers, all those tricky places that dirt gets into! Which I would presume in that sort of environment would be acceptable.

[daveagogo1]

The only time i have ever seen a judge touch anything on a vehicle is during a true 1000pt judging system. Even then it does not happen often.

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by Dmerk

Interesting! By "car show", are you guys referring to something different than a "concours" style car show? In one of our local club's concours-type events, the adjudicators do touch the cars, inside the tailpipes, on the inside of the wheel wells, inside seal seams, under the side rockers, all those tricky places that dirt gets into! Which I would presume in that sort of environment would be acceptable.

Are they wearing white gloves in those kinds of shows??

[Dmerk]

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Are they wearing white gloves in those kinds of shows??

Yuppers, we're talking the real nitty-gritty stuff! I've always thought it's a little over the top personally, but hey, some people get really into it! Whatever floats your boat! It's always entertaining to see new cars that come trailered in lose to older ones that drove in at these events, but then again, some of those old cars are purpose-built concours cars, that were constructed with white gloves on hand and in mind. They do a, shall we say, "milder", version of the concours too for people who want to show off their cleaning skills but wouldn't stand a chance against the rest, and they still do touch the cars.

[Hall of Fame]

dmerk, not a concours show but a local car show. No white gloves. Maybe Canadians have different rules and ethics on touching the cars. Don't know. The Judges ask for the owners to open doors, fuel lids, take mats out or any questions about the car. In 30+ years of showing cars I have NEVER had a Judge touch a car until this weekend. BTW.. it wasn't one of the Camaro's I own.

[Satins Spawn]