GG Columbus

[MuscleRodz]

it rained all day except for a couple hours. they canceled the autocross and had them do something else but did not here exactly what. sat is suppose to be sunny and clear. sucks trying to look at cars under covers. Amazingly rain really did not hurt turn out too much on cars, place is packed

[Bad94]

Heading out in the AM. Just talked to a few guys i know that are up there, and yes it did rain, but i heard that theres a ton of cars out.

I hope they made at the SMOY people go out tonight and drive the cars around down town then back to the show. Cars a built to drive, not push in and out of the trailer.

[CamaroAJ]

just got back from GG. i was extreamly disappointed in all of the SMOY cars. i did not see one that had nice fender or door gaps. they put all that work and money into one and they can't get that right? the DSE/Manning car and the other gray '69 camaro were the worst two.

[Fesler built]

Yeah we really wanted to go but the rain last year cost me way too much to go and we heard it was going to rain again so we stayed on the west coast. Post up some pics on the SMOTY cars so we can see, I am not hearing good things about them that’s for sure.

[colt zantop]

thank god I didnt go. it was a 3 hour drive each way and I seen a chance of rain and backed out last minute. wasted a vacation day though :(

[68fusion]

just got back from GG. i was extreamly disappointed in all of the SMOY cars. i did not see one that had nice fender or door gaps. they put all that work and money into one and they can't get that right? the DSE/Manning car and the other gray '69 camaro were the worst two.

didnt go this year but there are always some builds that get the shaft...guess the name pulls more weight than craftsmanship?
Hmm all "shop" builds...what a surprise....

[pokey64]

Top 5

http://www.good-guys.com/news/newsSt...px?newsid=1571#

-Karen Leisinger, Wall Lake, SD, 1967 Camaro

-Dale & Stacy Johns, Van Buren, AR, 1967 Ford Mustang

-Mike Manning, Belmar, NJ, 1969 Camaro

-Jeremy Gerber, Mundelein, IL 1970 Dodge Challenger

-Ken Smith, Spring Green, WI, 1964 Ford Fairlane


It's been a long day. Let me know if I got any of the cars mixed up.

[nickdoe6]

just got back from GG. i was extreamly disappointed in all of the SMOY cars. i did not see one that had nice fender or door gaps. they put all that work and money into one and they can't get that right? the DSE/Manning car and the other gray '69 camaro were the worst two.

Extremely disappointed??? Really????
The quality of the Top 5 cars is amazing. I've not seen a better group of SMOY cars in the six years I've been attending.


Nick L.

[colt zantop]

wow...that 67 camaro is interesting! my pick would be the challenger!

[Van B]

Extremely disappointed??? Really????
The quality of the Top 5 cars is amazing. I've not seen a better group of SMOY cars in the six years I've been attending.


Nick L.

I've almost always walked away from there feeling like mine is junk. I guess AJ's car must be killer.

[nickdoe6]

I've almost always walked away from there feeling like mine is junk. I guess AJ's car must be killer.

It's funny how one guy can shoot down someone who's put thousands of hours into their car in one (grammatically incorrect) sentence on a forum. Dude, you must have immaculate door gaps because your spelling sucks.

Jeff, your car is far from junk. We don't run that stuff in CP. lol....

Nick L.

[CamaroAJ]

Extremely disappointed??? Really????
The quality of the Top 5 cars is amazing. I've not seen a better group of SMOY cars in the six years I've been attending.


Nick L.

go back and look at them again. did they have alot of cool stuff done? yes.

was alot of quality work done on them? yes.

was the most simple thing ignored? i think so.

DSE's car driver door had 1/8" door to quarter gap and just over 3/8" door to fender gap that was wider at the the top than the bottom. the passenger door was a little better with the gaps but neither were straight lines.

the other gray '69 that was there had a nice 3/16" gap on the driver door to quarter but at the bottom i could stick my finger between the rocker and door it stuck that far out. and the pasenger side had 1/4" to 3/8" gap door to fender and 3/8" to 1/4" door to quarter like the door was on with a worn out hinge.

another thing i really didn't care for was the fake vents on a few of the cars. again all that time just to make something non functional.

they spend all that time building an awesome car but leave little time to make the body lines right. its not even something thats that hard to do. maybe i'm just spending too much time getting mine right for no reason then or am i just being too pickey?

[BonzoHansen]

Top 5

-Mike Manning, Belmar, NJ, 1969 Camaro

Not that it matters, but I think Mike lives in the other Bellmawr where AAW is. I grew up in Belmar, we have the ocean. Bellmawr has Camden and a goofy PA-style spelling. :p

Thanks for the pics! Man, I talked to Mike like 2 years ago on that car, I need to read up on that bad boy.

[progoat]

I was impressed with the SMOY rides and alot of cars that were there in general. For you guys that say your glad you didn't go Sat. was a beautiful day and was packed full of sweet rides. One of my favorites was the Ring Bros. built Fairlane,car was just plain SICK.

[YancyJohns]

Looks like some killer cars this year!! I wish I would have went now!! Ringbrothers, DSE and Roadster Shop have some Awesome cars and all could have taken home SMOY!! As for Manning's 69', I saw this car at Gingerman and it's Bad*ss!!!!!

[Jim Nilsen]

go back and look at them again. did they have alot of cool stuff done? yes.

was alot of quality work done on them? yes.

was the most simple thing ignored? i think so.

DSE's car driver door had 1/8" door to quarter gap and just over 3/8" door to fender gap that was wider at the the top than the bottom. the passenger door was a little better with the gaps but neither were straight lines.

the other gray '69 that was there had a nice 3/16" gap on the driver door to quarter but at the bottom i could stick my finger between the rocker and door it stuck that far out. and the pasenger side had 1/4" to 3/8" gap door to fender and 3/8" to 1/4" door to quarter like the door was on with a worn out hinge.

another thing i really didn't care for was the fake vents on a few of the cars. again all that time just to make something non functional.

they spend all that time building an awesome car but leave little time to make the body lines right. its not even something thats that hard to do. maybe i'm just spending too much time getting mine right for no reason then or am i just being too pickey?

If you think that getting door gaps perfect isn't hard to do then I am sure we would all like to watch you try to get some of the sheetmetal available to work PERFECT.

Taking off some of the sheetmetal thes days after having it all lined up before paint and then putting it back on after is not as easy as you think ? The same amount of shims never seems to work EXACTLY the same.

Not to be totally critical of your statements, I do have to agree to a point that some cars (not neccessarily these cars) could spend another hour or so trying to make them better but it is hard to do. I thought my gaps needed to be better after hours of fidgeting with them and then I see some of the cars you are talking about and I feel better about how much time I spent on mine.

You should have seen the gaps from the factory when these cars came out and you would think it is amazing we ever get them to look as good as we all do.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

man, i know they gotta show off the engines and all but i wish i could see pics of these cars with the hoods down!

[BADVELLE]

go back and look at them again. did they have alot of cool stuff done? yes.

was alot of quality work done on them? yes.

was the most simple thing ignored? i think so.

DSE's car driver door had 1/8" door to quarter gap and just over 3/8" door to fender gap that was wider at the the top than the bottom. the passenger door was a little better with the gaps but neither were straight lines.

the other gray '69 that was there had a nice 3/16" gap on the driver door to quarter but at the bottom i could stick my finger between the rocker and door it stuck that far out. and the pasenger side had 1/4" to 3/8" gap door to fender and 3/8" to 1/4" door to quarter like the door was on with a worn out hinge.

another thing i really didn't care for was the fake vents on a few of the cars. again all that time just to make something non functional.

they spend all that time building an awesome car but leave little time to make the body lines right. its not even something thats that hard to do. maybe i'm just spending too much time getting mine right for no reason then or am i just being too pickey?

JEEZ, are we talking Ridler or SMOTY! I did not go, however I have seen the DSE car for one at their shop, very nice, gaps fine and best of all, this car gets driven hard! I always thought that the SMOTY was about driving the car, I don't believe that the car needs to be perfect, just my .02 cents.

[hifi875]

i guess you have to take what some poeple say with a grain of salt. those cars were awesome. some just look for the bad in anything.

[class67]

JEEZ, are we talking Ridler or SMOTY! I did not go, however I have seen the DSE car for one at their shop, very nice, gaps fine and best of all, this car gets driven hard! I always thought that the SMOTY was about driving the car, I don't believe that the car needs to be perfect, just my .02 cents.

Agreed...