Thread: Grand National Roadster Show

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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.