Car shows can be, and usually are very political and full of opinion. Hey, if the people putting the show on want their club members to win, then they probably will. I've done car shows at the very top level of the day (SSCA) and the local club shows with Good Guys shows in between. One thing is for certain, every person looking at your car or mine has an opinion. Not necessarily one we want to hear, but an opinion none the less. That said, here’s the outlook I have on this these days.
No matter how much research you do on your car, there’s going to be some knuckle dragger and their pet chimp muttering “that isn't right or this isn't correct”, “I don’t like that or why’d he do that etc”’. The only way I’m listening to any of that is if they’re paying me to build the car. Otherwise, there’s a car genius born every minute and they’re like, well, you know what they’re like.
With that, I’ll give you my opinion; If you're gonna play stock, then your car ought to be stock. Everyone’s hot rod has a different flavor but stock is all interpretations of the same flavor or essentially how it was baked. There’s no creative license on a stock restoration, only iterations of the completeness or detail of the restoration.
If you want to change the wheels, radio and add a spoiler, change the stuff, make the car what you want, not what everyone else thinks it should be. Enjoy the day and opportunity to spend the afternoon with your friends. Screw the car geniuses, truth be told, they probably don’t even have a car. …
Scott. ...