Stuff you hate to see at Car shows

[67since67]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

50 cent hose clamps

I'm not even a Camaro expert and I could list at least a dozen peeves with this one!!

[SS427]

Originally Posted by cook_dw

I probably overreacted in my previous post but I take research very seriously when it comes to musclecars. The anomalies and human errors on the individual cars are what make them so interesting to me. Now with that said without vintage photos or known original cars that I have seen that way I would not have given it much thought or validity.

I'm with you there! I do not restore our cars using the 80% percentile but rather how we find them and again, assuming that is original to the assembly. I got docked points at a major car show for having the tune up and cooling decal in the "wrong" location on Mark Prunesti's car so I quickly presented a photo of the original radiator top plate and won my case. This is the first and only time I have ever seen a 70 Chevelle like this but that is the way it was done at the factory so that is the way it was restored. If not, I just lost that part of the history of that car and its roots.

[Lee Stewart]

But I do make an exception with the 1969 to 1971 Nova SS. I don't know why Chevy waited until 1972 to offer RWL tires on the Nova SS. They should have been standard (or at least an option) like they were on the Camaro SS and Chevelle SS.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Burd

Ever see 421 emblems on the wrong sides, Royal Lic Plate frames to wanna bee’s, I ask, your car from Royal, no the idiot says.
8 lug wheels, now everyone puts them on, and 8” Snowflake wheels, where the hell are they all coming from.

My dad used to say "...if Royal actually sold all the cars with Royal license plate frames on 'em they would still be dealer prepping 'em".

K

[Billohio]

The last 2 years with wet springs and summers in my area, we missed about half or more of the shows. That got annoying.

[Burd]

Originally Posted by 67since67

I'm not even a Camaro expert and I could list at least a dozen peeves with this one!!

Leme have a crack at it

Master
Hood hinges and springs,
Rad clamps
Red plug wires
Headers
Steel booster line
Rad hose
Heater hoses
Rad cap
Hei. Hard to see.
What else?

[Burd]

Originally Posted by bashton

Oh...and another;

5. Sears or Walmart batteries...

Bashton

Stant Rad Caps. And especially the ones with the pressure relief bar.
Red or green heater hoses. Really?

[Burd]

I hate this one,

TOUCHA MY CAR, I BREAKA U FACE

Or

PLEASE DONT TOUCH

Unless you have tits, don’t touch

[SS427]

Sometimes red heater hoses are correct as in the case of this Dick Harrell LS6 converted 70 Camaro. Thanks to Chuck Sharin for the photo.

[Burd]

Really, lol. Never knew.