So after being told by the Chairman of the Huntington Beach Concour d'Elegence at I needed to bring my truck to his show... I did. Showing a vehicle in the "Special Interest Class" is such an eclectic group of cars that really do not belong together. In most classes you are being judged against like cars, but not this class, there could be race cars, classics and even newer cars that some might consider a classic. This was the first Concours that the judges actually judged the truck, so I was interested in what they had to say. After the safety check of starting the truck, turning on the headlights, turn signals and beeping the horn, I stood with some of the other participants as they continued their judging. Five judges from the Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegence approached and ask if I was being the truck to their show in a couple of months, so I told them I would. It was when the judges got underneath my truck that the other participants got a little nervous. They said "I didn't know they would look under the car?" I told them "They should, It's pretty clean under there."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcdTHIi_d-8The second and third place cars were handed their trophies at their cars. They put a number on the truck for the order that it would be in to receive it's first place trophy, pretty cool. As I was sitting there waiting to drive up and receive the trophy, a judge came up and put another number on the windshield and told me to line back up once I receive my trophy because the truck was receiving a special recognition trophy. The little truck had won it's third "Chairman's Award" in three shows. Pretty amazing considering the fact that it is hard for any car to do that but here I was with this little Snap-on Tools truck... Just amazing. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think when building this truck that people would take to it the way they have. It truly has been a humbling experience. They lined us up for a group picture... Best of Show Pre War, Best of Show Postwar, Best of Show Motorcycle and Chairman's Award
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