Along this same topic, did anyone read the article in this months Pontiac Enthusiast? There is an article called "show field faux pas". I couldn't have written it any better myself as they talk about when they (the Pontiac Gods) walk through a show field and see horrendous things people do to their Pontiacs ie: master cylinders painted black, Corvette wheels, goofy rims/wheels/tires, nicknames painted on cars, closed hoods, ribbed-universal radiator hoses or worse yet the braided ones with red & blue ends, painted brake drums, random acts of chrome under the hood (stuff you buy off the shelf at AutoZone or Pep Boys), and my all time personal favorite- gauges screwed to the bottom of the dash and or console or even cowl vents.

Twice a year our little Pontiac group of guys get together and walk the show field at the Daytona Speedway. Once for the spring show (coming up at the end of this month) and then again on Thanksgiving Day. This exact topic comes up every time we walk the field and we see some really nice classic muscle cars and almost every one of them have one of two things, HUGE rims and tires or hacked up interiors. And every time, we all look at each other and all we do is say "why". LOL It's become somewhat of a sport at this point to walk the show field and look for cars that are actually stock appearing or not horrendously butchered and or "ghettoed out". It's becoming more and more difficuly every show and our fearless Pontiac leader always says, oh well, your names not on the title is it?

In fact, there was a large group of guys at last night's car cruise here in town and this was the main topic. Funny because this topic and the old vs. new (classics vs. new muscle) car showing up at car shows etc. seems to always come up and often become fairly heated conversations. It's kinda fun to hear and watch people's opinions.