Quote: Politics is alive and well in the car hobby and it's far from restricted to Mopars.
A late next-door neighbour was into vintage autos - specifically '20s & '30s cars such as Packards, Pierce Arrows & Rolls Royces.
He embarked on a serious restoration of a 1923 Rolls Silver Ghost - no expense spared, no detail left untouched or inaccurate, similar to Dave W's approach. He had even won awards at Concours just for the chassis, even before the rest of the car was done.
2 incidents stuck with me:
1. He was forced to break a wing window to prove that it was indeed made of tempered glass, then got deducted for the broken window at a given show.
2. At another Concours he won best in class for Rolls Royce. Sounds good, right? However, the rules of the Concours were that the winners would be removed from competition the next year and instead be placed in a winner's circle exhibit. The catch? The following year, Rolls was the featured marque and his car, which was incredible was removed from the competition by this technicality. You win, you lose.
(though there was a really cool '64 Dodge sharing the winner's circle that year...)
Break a window?! A rare one at that. Simply out of hand.
