Sorry didn’t know you were either or would hve caught up for a coffee indeed. I did see a few local boys there but never saw you or mr Cooper. What was the craic with all the paintworks and more importantly that horrendous 15 tone 8 series bmw that won an award. I really am struggling to write a report and say nice things about some of the stuff therei know auld folks don’t value paintwork but it was bad even on some of the very expensive cars for sale :/
View attachment 416898
I’ve been thinking about this a bit more. I suppose at the end of the day a show like this is only made up people’s own cars. Everyone is going to have a different standard when it comes to acceptable paint finish, but to them it’s still their pride and joy. Kilbroney was a good example of this I thought. Some of the paint was absolutely terrible, yet the (usually old) guys were still there, proud as punch of what they were displaying. I think it’s important to look past quality, and focus on the cars themselves and the sheer variety of stuff on display. It would be different if it was a Salon Prive concours event.
I remember 1 year when I went to DubShed there was a car there (a member on here) that was a major attraction and folk were going mad for it, but I’ll never forget seeing it up close and being gobsmacked at the finish.