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 there i know auld folks don’t value paintwork but it was bad even on some of the very expensive cars for sale :/
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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.