Thread: Grand National Roadster Show

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I am sure it "sparkles"! If it didn't, they would not have given him the award.

As harsh and rude as some internet personalities can be, nobody can deny that the cars that win this award are built to extreme levels of workmanship......though plenty of "self proclaimed experts" will disagree.

I was just offering some thoughts based on my own perception of the overall design.

I realized when I posted this that my views were coming from someone who couldn't turn out this degree of detail ever in his life, kinda like me criticizing Donald Trump for the way he conducts business. But, let's face it, we all do have our opinions of good/bad, pretty/ugly, etc. I like redheads, you like blondes..............

What turns me off about this car primarily are the Donk wheels and tires, and pretty much the overall bling bling look to it. Maybe the same was said in the old days when cars like Barris' Ala Kart won, because it was not a practical hot rod.

All I know is that I would have spent the majority of my time in the Suede Palace looking at all the neat cars on display there. But, that is just me........

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Maybe the same was said in the old days when cars like Barris' Ala Kart won, because it was not a practical hot rod.

Some irony? The newly restored Ala Kart was just across the aisle from this....uh....car. And on some forums the whine is that the Ala Kart didn't win "as it should have"!

In a way there's nothing new here, depending on your view we've been down this road before. Through the late '60s, and into the '70s there were some winners of questionable taste. Exotic, spacey designs, psychedelic paint schemes, lots of froo froo...... For those of us that are more aligned with traditional style cars the light didn't shine again until 1978 when Phil Cool's '32 hiboy won the title (more irony? I heard his car was on display there this year as well). Fads come and go, and as kenny said, some stuff is done just for the sake of doing rather than for an artistic/stylistic/funtional purpose. Just like at the other end of the spectrum where some are tiring of the cookie-cutter, deep channeled, rusty sedan look (yawwwnnn!)

Anyway, here's a pic for kenny with the top on, sorry, best I could find so far.