I sort of understand what you mean about how the judges think Ken. One time about 10 years ago a local show promoter asked me to be one of 3 Judges at a show he was putting on............I thought "why not?" I was a minor Judge because the main guy had a lot of experience judging 100 point cars at serious events. It was really a learning experience for me to watch how he did it and what his thinking process was.

We would walk up to a car and he would ask "ok, what do you see?" and I would comment on some nice aspects of the car. He, on the other hand, would find flaws. "The doors don't fit well, the color is badly matched, etc" There was one car that was a trailered in, high dollar, show only car. I couldn't find one flaw on it, but he did. I felt like a blind man compared to what he was able to find. I ended up being the clipboard carrier.

I would guess the Judges you witnessed are looking at the cars in a different way than we are. They obviously leave their own likes and dislikes at the door, and vote on other aspects.

Don