i agree with katrina. i thought the sign on the side was the perfect touch.
i wouldn't go over board with it because then you start to hide that
beautiful craftsmanship.
From: Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: Paul's trip report Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:08:43 -0700
Well I think it looks perfect, don't change anything. But it would be cool to see some pies,cakes, or bread inside the bus. Then it would be perfect...
Katrina
On Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at 07:36AM, Sammie Smith <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hey Denis: I know and Paul knows: it was definitely the logo. No doubt
>about it. The logo was the hit of the show. You can't believe how close
>we came to not having it ready for the show. The sign guy put that on
>Thursday afternoon about 4:00. I hired a commercial artist to draw that
>thing and it took him two weeks to get it done. He got it to the sign shop
>Thursday morning. Lot of thought went into that thing and it came out
>better than I had hoped but still not sure it's as good as it could have
>been. Thought about doing all the way down the side of the bus and still
>thinking about duplicating it in a smaller size on the front doors.
>
>Anyone who has seen it have any suggestions?
>
>
>At 09:15 AM 8/29/2006, you wrote:
>>Yeah, but I blocked and sanded until I went blind and my doors look kinda
>>alright, but I had to use a skin of bondo so the inside (back) of my doors
>>are all wavy and look like hell. You could have stopped sooner and put a
>>interior panel on the doors, but nooooooooooo you have to show that the
>>inside was as straight as the outside.
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>>I think the painting on the side of Beverly was what swung the Best of
>>Show judges, probably all men. Paul's was judged by all women and he gave
>>them all "rides", if you know what I mean (and I think you do).
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Sammie Smith" <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:52 AM
>>Subject: [tcb] Re: Paul's trip report
>>
>>
>>>Now now Denis. You guys know it is Eureka. And judging up there has
>>>always been a problem, but we are all in there for the FUN of it. And
>>>Denis, as to straight panels; you block sand and you block sand and you
>>>block sand..........till you dream of it and you never want to see
>>>another body panel. But it ain't really that straight. They didn't
>>>come from the factory straight in the first place.
>>>
>>>At 09:18 PM 8/28/2006, you wrote:
>>>>There were some people that were serious and criticizing about whether
>>>>you can win Best in Show without winning their class. I talked to one of
>>>>the bigwigs today and was told exactly what I had already guessed, that
>>>>there was a set of judges for your class and a set of judges for Best In
>>>>Show. They simply stood by the judges' position. You will hear the same
>>>>thing at the Oscar shows when a film will win Best Picture but not Best
>>>>Director. How can a movie win Best Picture and not Best Director? I
>>>>don't know, but there it is.
>>>>
>>>>The only time I won at ES was second place for "under construction". I
>>>>lost first place to a friggin' dune buggy. How can you tell whether a
>>>>dune buggy is finished?
>>>>
>>>>I think that the Zone is always a top show car, and I believe that I may
>>>>never have seen or will ever see a restoration as good as Sammie's. I am
>>>>mystified at how straight the metal on the doors were. Like I said
>>>>before you guys just piss me off when I look at Murray and I look at
>>>>your rigs. It just pisses me off.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "singlecabboy"
>>>><sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:55 PM
>>>>Subject: [tcb] Re: Paul's trip report
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanx Denis , I think I'm gonna send it to NEATO for
>>>>one of their issues, Denis how do I respond to Sammies
>>>>last post ? vintage bus wins show , but doesn't win
>>>>class ?I could be a real dick and answer it that way
>>>>but I won't till he starts spoutting off some more.
>>>>What were the folks saying in the back , that I
>>>>shouldn't have won the class or what , Id really like
>>>>to know.
>>>>
>>>>--- Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Kat usually gives great trip reports, but that one
>>>>>has to be a classic. It made me feel like I was
>>>>>there. I laughed, I cried, it became part of me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Paul Smith
>>>>www.23window.com/thezone
>>>>Why do I have to push "1" for English
>>>>T.C.B.
>>>>H.B.B.
>>>>
>>>>
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