Re: 1951 Metro- The Restoration Begins
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:17 am
To say that this journey that I have been on with this little truck is amazing would be an understatement. My little car got everyone with it's styling and it won it's fair share of trophies, but the way that people have taken to what I've done with this truck is far beyond what I could have imagined. I have two second place trophies with it and that's only because they didn't would to give me first place two years in a row, the rest have been "First Place" "People's Choice" and "Best of Show". So when some people suggested I try "The Grand Daddy of The All" The Grand National Roadster Show where they pick the "Most Beautiful Roadster", I went... for three days. Everyone said that I needed to do a display for the show, you just couldn't have the truck sitting there. Most of the cars there were in the air with lights and mirrors under them and even on rotating displays and I was showing up with one of the only original vehicles there, not the type of car to have in the air with lights and mirrors. So what do you do with a vintage tool truck... You make it look like it's at a gas station.
To have famous car builders from all over the world come up to you and appreciate what I've created was amazing to say the least. I don't build cars for a living, so for them to recognize the details of the build was humbling to me. I wasn't too surprised to receive First Place in my class, but when the big awards come up and the picture of Snappy was put up on the big screen for "Outstanding Detail" was more then I could ever have expected. Unless you have been to this show, you cannot comprehend the caliber of the well over two thousand cars there and to win that trophy... There aren't any words.
To have famous car builders from all over the world come up to you and appreciate what I've created was amazing to say the least. I don't build cars for a living, so for them to recognize the details of the build was humbling to me. I wasn't too surprised to receive First Place in my class, but when the big awards come up and the picture of Snappy was put up on the big screen for "Outstanding Detail" was more then I could ever have expected. Unless you have been to this show, you cannot comprehend the caliber of the well over two thousand cars there and to win that trophy... There aren't any words.