Well, my first MCA show.... I too drove my car down early Saturday morning-in line to get in at 730, checked in by nice people, they had me sign a waiver, verified I had a fire extinguisher in the green, directed me where to park (2 spots per car) All good so far....except, I filled out the modification forms wrong, somehow I missed the headings that they were broken down into 5 categories-engine bay, interior, trunk, exterior, and undercarriage...the 2 judges that came over around 3 were kind enough to say lets go take a break inside and let you redo these correctly. So far so good...now, everything I was worried about was nothing they were concerned over. They did not care that the car is a k code gt automatic and the paint and interior are the original color. The vin discrepancy didn't matter either. I did not realize that my trunk had to be open and empty, no biggie except, I don't have the torsion bar to hold the lid up, mia after the restoration, so I just use a prop board, lol....my category was modified 66 with undercarriage..I knew I was in trouble at the table when we were writing down all the added items...for example, I said oh, in addition to the oval cobra air cleaner and valve covers I have a cobra oil pan...the one judge replied that didn't matter because if they can't see it on the car, it doesn't get you extra points...hmmmm, got to the trunk and I said I have a 22 gallon tank...no, we cant tell....I said sure you can, stock is flush with the floor...when they were going over the car one judge advised the other that you could tell it was bigger than the stock tank as I had cut the floor to modify it....I politely explained, no the floor is as they all are, just that the tank sits up several inches higher....oh...I learned that they really liked the car, the components and my workmanship, however.....it just wasn't spit-polished clean enough...I don't know what year cars they own, but they did talk about their cars getting judged and so I know they have mustangs and are into it big time....We discussed that I drive the car in all kinds of weather, etc etc,, and thats fine, just need to get a q-tip and tooth brush into all the nooks and crannies better.....water spots and unwiped down areas..sigh...The car is basically as clean as I'm going to make it, so, in looking at many of the beautiful cars there it is apparent the difference between my car and the fastidiously detailed cars.........Ken did warn me of how much value is placed on that. I left at the end of the day and will follow up later to see what the car scored....I still had fun and talked with alot of people, enjoyed all the cars!
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