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<blockquote data-quote="Black Gold 380R" data-source="post: 17036559" data-attributes="member: 70025"><p>Well, you guys are not going to believe this, but the guy who owns the orange 1970 Torino called me last night and asked if he could swing by and talk to me. I asked about what and he said the show. I said I had some comments for him as well and to come on over. Now keep in mind I do not know what specific position he holds in the club, if any, but he is a senior member.</p><p></p><p>He gets to my house and we start talking about the show in general. Then we get down to specifics and I explain my perception of the club handing out a lot of trophies to club members. He said he could assure me that no cheating or nefarious activity was conducted, but did say he could see how it looked that way to outsiders. We continued to talk and to keep a long story short I believe him. Even he said he could not understand why my car didn't win anything. We throw ideas on how to improve the show and one of his ideas was to have better classes. He felt the classes were too broad. I agreed. He said in my class they should have first gen Mustang stock and first gen Mustang modified. That way if judges like stock over modified I don't get screwed like I did and vice versa.</p><p></p><p>After I explain my perception and we have our discussion, I asked him why he wanted to talk to me in the first place. He said that of all the trophies he won that day (he won 4 in total for 2 vehicles (3 for his Torino and 1 for his Saleen)) he felt he really could not, in good conscious, accept the best paint award. He said he believes my car had the best paint and he wanted to give me his best paint award. I thought that was very honorable of him, but I told him I could not accept his offer.</p><p></p><p>I told him that I felt his paint is on par with mine and if someone picked his paint over mine I could accept that decision. I also told him that the trophy was not given to me by the judges, so I could not accept it. I told him I was grateful he felt I deserved the award out of all the other cars there, but his gesture was enough for me.</p><p></p><p>So, we chatted a little longer and I showed him my cars and diecast collection and then he left.</p><p></p><p>I think he's an honorable guy and wants to ensure things are done right and fairly. He is looking into ways to make club sponsored events better. He did mention he feels that club members should not be judged at club events. I told him I think they should be judged, but to get a disinterested party to do the judging and not club members. He agreed.</p><p></p><p>Overall it was a great visit and I really do think he wants to make things better for the club and those who participate in their events. I'm still not sure if I want to be a member, but his visit does have me revisiting my opinion on the situation.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black Gold 380R, post: 17036559, member: 70025"] Well, you guys are not going to believe this, but the guy who owns the orange 1970 Torino called me last night and asked if he could swing by and talk to me. I asked about what and he said the show. I said I had some comments for him as well and to come on over. Now keep in mind I do not know what specific position he holds in the club, if any, but he is a senior member. He gets to my house and we start talking about the show in general. Then we get down to specifics and I explain my perception of the club handing out a lot of trophies to club members. He said he could assure me that no cheating or nefarious activity was conducted, but did say he could see how it looked that way to outsiders. We continued to talk and to keep a long story short I believe him. Even he said he could not understand why my car didn't win anything. We throw ideas on how to improve the show and one of his ideas was to have better classes. He felt the classes were too broad. I agreed. He said in my class they should have first gen Mustang stock and first gen Mustang modified. That way if judges like stock over modified I don't get screwed like I did and vice versa. After I explain my perception and we have our discussion, I asked him why he wanted to talk to me in the first place. He said that of all the trophies he won that day (he won 4 in total for 2 vehicles (3 for his Torino and 1 for his Saleen)) he felt he really could not, in good conscious, accept the best paint award. He said he believes my car had the best paint and he wanted to give me his best paint award. I thought that was very honorable of him, but I told him I could not accept his offer. I told him that I felt his paint is on par with mine and if someone picked his paint over mine I could accept that decision. I also told him that the trophy was not given to me by the judges, so I could not accept it. I told him I was grateful he felt I deserved the award out of all the other cars there, but his gesture was enough for me. So, we chatted a little longer and I showed him my cars and diecast collection and then he left. I think he's an honorable guy and wants to ensure things are done right and fairly. He is looking into ways to make club sponsored events better. He did mention he feels that club members should not be judged at club events. I told him I think they should be judged, but to get a disinterested party to do the judging and not club members. He agreed. Overall it was a great visit and I really do think he wants to make things better for the club and those who participate in their events. I'm still not sure if I want to be a member, but his visit does have me revisiting my opinion on the situation..... [/QUOTE]
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