Thanks a lot for the comments and support guys. I truly appreciate it! Seriously.
I appreciate it, Mike.
The judging for the show was definitely interesting. There was a small army of judging volunteers walking around Friday afternoon with their clipboards and microfiber towels. I was curious what the towels were for. I quickly learned when I saw a judge wipe the towel across the underside of a fender and then look and whatever dirt and grime made its way onto the towel. I even saw them pointing to some incredibly tiny paint chips on the core support of a nearby car. I was amazed about of thorough they all were with their judging processes. I felt like I had entered a Concours d'Elegance event.
Two judges looked at my car. The one asked if it was okay to open my car door, and he did so with a clean microfiber towel. This type of judging process causes a lot of gripes with people, and I can understand why. Two people are responsible for the success or failure of your car at the show. Are these people fox enthusiasts? Do they know what modifications makes a fox special? Hell, do they even know what they are looking at? Mike Clay even admitted the inherent flaws of the judging system, but hey, that's just how it goes. They all had 500 cars to look at and go over with a fine tooth comb. It can't be a perfect process. A people's choice award for each class would have been cool though.
My car spent the day on Saturday at the TMI booth. Their sales manager reached out to me and said he loved my car and wanted it in their booth. I declined for the day of the show because I wanted to be judged, but I was happy to be in the booth on Saturday. I also made him aware of my less than wonderful experience with my seats, and made things right with me, so TMI is cool in my book now.
The SEFB fox cruise was awesome. The police escort was great and it was cool to see over 150 foxes all in one place.
The whole week was a blur. It all flew by incredible fast. I also lost 8 pounds during the week. A combination of sweating like a maniac, not eating much at all during the day, and walking a few miles every day probably had something to do with that.
Last but not least, a few more pictures that Lue Creative took of the car during the week:
Next big show is American Muscle here in PA and then Foxtoberfest in NC later in October.
And if by some weird quirk of fate I manage to have mine running and reliable, I may set out for foxtoberfest myself.....A foxbody only show w/o the word Mustang in it seems right up my alley. I tried to make the show with the red car before it was truly ready to go, and ended up missing it for various reasons. This year we may have to go to Bora.Bora if the wife's dealer base puts her region in contention. I'll know whether or not I'm going on a 20k vacation courtesy of her employer in late Sep.
But if not,.....
I'll have 3.5 days vacay that I'll have to use by years end. Maybe I'll bring the monster to that show as his first, and your car can sniff my car's butt, and vice versa.