the v6 can be fast if you want it to.

 

As a show regular (though yet to be at one this year), there are many factors when it comes to awards. It all depends on who is judgeing, categories, how many cars, etc...

As cars get older, the stocks ones have much more appeal. Mods, while fun now, won't win trophies on an old car. Things like original paint and extremely low miles play in part much more.

I was also a judge once. As such, you have to put personal taste on hold and be as objective as possible.

My friend's 1983 Mustang GT with 30k miles on it and original metric tires is an easy winner at a lot of shows. The car is showroom stock and in mint condition. 10 years ago, no one cared about the car and in truth, 1983 was not a great year for the Mustang, but the car is still impressively clean.

While pictures don't do it justice, purpledoggy's car appears incredibly clean and it probably had something to do with her collecting a trophy. If the car stays that way for 20+ years, no doubt it will rack up more awards.

Be happy for her fron pete sakes.

 

hey congrats, nice car i've got the same hood on my 03 V6.

 

Thank you for the compliments Yeah I do think the only reason I won was because of how clean the car is. I wax it once a month and wash it twice a week to keep all the bugs and road grime off the paint. I also have plastic covers on the floors that come out right before the show and the only one who rides in the car is me so the seats never get used (except for the drivers seat). I think its a good looking daily driver. Everything I have changed on the car I still have all the stock parts so one day I can change it back to stock if I wish. Well the fog lights will have to stay since I cut the little bars that go across the hole.

 

Apparently you haven't been to that many car shows.

 

This is true thats why if I ever get a Shelby Cobra or Cobra R I would keep it 100percent stock, my current GT will be the one I mod the heck out of it.

 

I would think you would lower the value of the car is you modded it.

 

are you guys trying to say that if i take off all of the mods i have on my car i will win more car shows! no! then it would be a stock 01 gt. you can see them everywhere (most car shows here wouldnt judge it). if it's a classic car (i dont mean just old cars) then yes its better to be original (but that's still an opinion). but a base model car thats only a couple years old? every parking lot would be a car show and the grand daddy of all car shows... you guessed it, the dealership parking lots. how fun would that be?

btw, i previously owned a pt cruiser that was my show car, won many trophies, nothing big, but it was a nice show car. it was an 01 that i think i paid $18k for it. when i sold it i got $23k and that was a couple months ago when you could buy a brand new 05 pt cruiser for $9,999.00 down the road at the dealership. the car had 61k miles on it. just goes to show that you dont always lose everything. although i admit 99.99% of the time you dont get back what you paid

 

I test drove a PT with turbo and its a cow.

 

congrats on the show win, nice looking car, gotta love the trophies, makes all your hard work feel appreciated

 

i agree, i never said it was fast. that's why i got rid of it. but it was still a nice car.

 

I like that color GT what is it?

 

positive, positive, think positive, dont listen to those who would drag you down, dont even waste your time to respond, i along with the majority think youve dont a great job so far, keep at it, im glad to see your proud of your car, i would be too, i started with a 2002 v6, i really loved that car, last summer traded in on 2004 gt, if i hadent loved the 2002 so much id have never traded, i still miss that yellow v6, she was real sweet,

 

Thanks for the positive thoughts Thats a nice looking GT you have there, are those svt cobra rims on it? Your v6 looked really nice as well. I don't see many yellow v6's around.

 

Alright your saying you won your first car show but you got a top 50 award i bet if you looked at the votes you prolly werent in the top 10 i mean come on you dont have a gt soo theres nothing under the hood to show off i have a v6 but its modifications make it look different then any mustang around, and then you say i won my first car show its more like you placed in it not dissin your car it looks real real clean and well kept up.

 

it couldve been a small, local car show

 

There were no "places" to take, you either got a trophy or you didn't.

 

i understand now, i thought you were saying you won first place or something. that's understandable, and Congratulations.

btw, whose stang were you asking about the color? mine? if so it's called laser red. fades fast but damn it looks good imo.

 

If youre going to talk down to somebody at least know what youre talking about. That hood is completely stock.

And yeah stock cars do win car shows. It just depends on what kind of show it is and how the judges are scoring. If its based on cleanliness a car with just a few appearance mods and a spotless interior and exterior could easily win a car show.

 

If you're going to make an argument, don't mention yet another part of the car that is stock. I said 2-3 times that I wasn't hating on the car itself. Of course it's nice-looking. But I was referring to car show nice-looking. At car shows, people put thousands into their cars. With her chin spoiler, foglights, dual exhaust, and grill delete, it doesn't seem like a car that would win a car show when others deck their cars out with aftermarket spoilers, hood, rims, exhaust, paintjob, etc. That was what I was referring to.


oh, and jen..nice gt

 

Well regardless of your opinion, she DID win a trophy..so why argue it. Theres tons of car shows out there and they all judge differently.

Thanks for the compliment on the GT. It was sold recently which is sad! But I put it in a car show and it lost to some hyundai with a huge stereo and thats pretty much it. The carpets were even dirty. Shows can be pretty bogus and screwed up sometimes. If her car was super clean...thats probabaly why she won/

 

Hey post more pics of your stang , I really like that color.

 

Jen that is a nice GT, I wish I would have bought it :sad1:

 

heres a few. Most of my fav pictures are in that sig but heres some bigger pictures..

 

It was sold because I just moved out with my boyfriend and he allready had 2 cars, an 01 Audi A4 1.8t which we drive every day...and an 03 Sonic Blue Cobra which I can drive whenever I miss the feel of a Mustang. But its much faster than the GT was. 450hp/450tq to the wheels. 11.76 1/4 mile. Heres pictures of that car.

 

wowzers....

 

At least you kept that nice color. Must be nice to have a 2in drop and not have to worry about scraping anywhere. I cant have my stang that low due to speed bumps and alot of elevated ramps around here.

 

Theres wasnt too much to worry about around my area as far as speed bumps. In the GT it would rub most the speed bumps i went over moreso when I had a passenger in the car..but I just went real real slow. My parents driveway sucks and when I came out of it it always scraped the chin spoiler. Does the same thing in the Cobra.

 

Most of the car shows I go too are looking for the classics.I had alot more people look and ask more about mine than the 67 V6 next to me but the judges liked it better.

 

I've been to 4 car shows so far, I have only gotten a trophy in one of them but I still had fun at every one. Some of the shows are looking for classic cars, most like the riced out civics, and others just have no clue what they are looking for. Here are some pics from some of the shows....