My Mustang among some of the rest of the herd:
We arrived a little after 9am and over the course of the morning and into the early afternoon Mustangs just kept driving in. Their were so many Mustangs that I finally had to give up trying to get pictures showing as many of them as I could even with trying to take some wide shots to get them all in.
Then it got to be in the afternoon and it was time for the judging to award the top three best of show Mustangs of the day. This meant that the judges had to pick out 6 finalists out of almost 300 beautiful yet in most cases very different Mustangs. Even the same model year Mustangs would not have two alike since everyone personalizes their car if even a little. That didn't mean that there were not some totally stock Mustangs to pick from as there were plenty and there were also quite a few vintage Mustang models also to pick from.
Here are the finalists all lined up:
Amazingly my car was called up as one of the 6 finalist! What an honor that was just to be called up as one of the 6 out of almost 300:
Then the judges had to make the call and announce which 3 Mustangs out of the final 6 would be crowned best of show with either a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place award.
They announce the first winner: el 1r lugar para el mejor de la demostración va a
First place best of show went to this stang:
Second place best of show went to this stang:
Then it got very interesting since the first two stangs that took 1st and 2nd for best of show, though all have similar features like mine, also have a lot that my Mustang doesn't have like thousands of dollars in stereo and video equipment all through their cars plus playstations or X-box 360 game systems in their cars. Plus they all had blingy 20" or more rims, and if that wasn't enough to bury my chances, they also all had massive chromed Superchargers or Turbochargers in their engine bays.
I of course created my car on a bit more of a lesser scale due to to not being into all of the massive stereo equipment and video screens everywhere and game systems. Plus having to deal with a more realistic budget (where do some of these people get the money for all of these mods?) and so I was happy with my car and with more of a stock classic look though with a few added custom personal touches of course.
Yes I have the vertical door hinges and a few other special and unique features. But I felt that I was sort of playing with the big boys with a car that wasn't quite there yet since I am still working with my car and I felt way overmatched at this point in time. Yes my vertical doors are considered a high end mod which may have been one of the main reasons I even made it into the final round. And yes I know that many Mustang purists like many of you on this forum also do not "approve" of mods like vertical doors as you beleive it takes away from the classic style of the Mustang. I disagree with this since I believe it is a mod that lets the individual car owner have their cake (classic and/or stock look) and eat it too (lift the doors up and you go from stock/mild to wild). As many don't seem to understand, when the doors are down and you open them normally you would not even know someone has that feature. As for engine mods like Turbochargers and the like, well...some day soon I hope
Anyway, so now there are three Mustangs left including mine of course all hoping for the last trophy of the day, the still very prestigious 3rd place Best of Show.
Now it is important to point out that the other two Mustangs still waiting along with me all have similar set ups to what the two winners so far have, including massive stereo systems, DVD players with screens in their sun visors, in their head rests, in their side doors, in their trunks, plus the massive engine mods, etc.
Then, finally, the announcement comes out through the loudspeaker for that final award, again in Spanish of course:
el 3ro lugar para el mejor de la demostración va a
I was leaning up against a tent pole near my wife and since my wife knows some Spanish she was doing her best to translate some of the award presentation for me.
3rd place for Best Of Show goes to...............
Island Pony
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