Hello Mark and List, Congrats on the win! I've nabbed a couple of first place finishes for just entering. Of course, that's in the FWD class with the '85 T&C convertible. I looking forward to the entry of a '90's Imperial at one of these events. Greg Gryczan West Palm Beach, FL U.S.A. At 12:10 PM 6/8/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hey, hey, woo, woo, just gotta brag. > >Thanks to Greg McDonnell of this list, I was able to participate in a >fairly big Mopar show that was held in Pensacola yesterday. > >It was a beautiful setting under the trees in a park near the >waterfront. As Greg and I expected, it was mainly muscle cars (but I >don't mind Chrysler muscle cars), and there were a few interesting and >unexpected cars, like a '76 Cordoba in good condition and an amazingly >clean 1964 4 door Dodge Polara. I believe there was one later New >Yorker as well (1990?), along with a '66 300, a '68 Newport, and some >50's Plymouths. > >Anyway, I really haven't spent much time on my '71 LeBaron coupe, but >since it has the best paint of any of my cars I decided to enter it in >the show. Well, to my surprise I took 2nd Place in my class! I was >expecting 3rd at best in a group like this. > >The car that won was a 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst, which was a limited >edition with fancy paint, a spoiler on the rear deck, and a TNT engine >(there may be some other differences). Anyway, my point is, I think >it's encouraging that an Imperial could place so high in a group of >muscle cars. There is hope! > >I think if I had had time to detail my engine compartment I might have >won first. (Next year!) > >MM > > >