47-55.1 Getting ready for a car (truck) show

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Originally Posted by vintovka

Some boards are interesting - others not. Think one listing current price/cost of each upgrade with a running total might get some attention!!

Does that come with gold chains and matching monogramed lawn chairs with the rigs name on it and a crew of three to deliver the vehicle to the show and set it up so the owners can stroll in and hold court?

I think it was in 1988 that I was at Goodguys in Puyallup and had my camp trailer set up out in the parking lot that served as the camp grounds during the show and a couple of guys rolled in with a high dollar tow rig and trailer and parked next to me and rolled out a pretty well known show rod that had been featured in a couple of magazines and began to prep it for the show and told me that they worked for the guy who owned it and their job was to haul it to shows and set it up so he could fly in and play street rodder for the weekend.

My worry with showboards at out door shows just like dining canopies and other accessories is that if the wind catches them and blows them around they usually damage someone else's car I have seen a show board blown into the car next to it in a gust of wind. I've seen canopies picked up by the wind and blown 50 feet and land on someone elses car. I take a beach umbrella and if we aren't actually sitting under it BEHIND the truck or off out of the way we fold it down and secure it so it won't blow around.

From a guy who takes thousands of car show photos every year a bit of advice if you want people to want to take photos of your vehicle.

1. do not set your lawn chairs in front of it and block the view of the front of the rig.

2. just as important do not have trash or clutter around the vehicle, keep you AO clean and picked up.

3. do not let family members camp/lay on blankets or what not around the vehicle, I don't care if you have the most world famous truck in the world if someone is laying on a blanket next to it I will not take photos of it.

4 If someone is sleeping in the car or your kid or grandkid is playing in it I won't take photos of it. On the other hand if you are standing there letting a child sit in the seat of the truck and I know you are the owner I will take a photo and add the comment that the owner let the child sit in the truck.

Another reason for not taking photos with showboards in them and not posting photos of the event sticker with the owner's name on them is that I don't want some clown contacting you out of the blue asking if your truck is for sale because he got the info from one of my photos.

Probably the best thing a show board does at an outdoor show is impress the judges and help you get a dust collector that your wife may or may not let you set on the mantle.