Vintage Certification @ MCACN 2023

[Xplantdad]

Turned the window sticker for ya!

[BCreekDave]

Hopefully forthcoming photos of the 1970 Z28? Love the originality of the Deuce. Thanks for this effort.

[Jamess113]

Thank you Lloyd for taking some great pictures of our 66 L79 and all the others as too. Thanks Steve for posting all of them. What a great time!! Cant wait to see all the others as well

[HuggerSS]

Thank you Lloyd!

[Edgemontvillage]

Thank you all for the feedback, its a unique privilege to photograph and certify these cars. There is never enough time to do them justice of course nor to photographically capture all the intricacies that make them special - details are bound to be overlooked. They are all remarkable.

[TimG]

All great cars and great owners. It's hard to imagine Hi Performance cars like these survived.

[napa68]

I'm going through these pics once again. I gotta say, I'm just in awe! Thank you again to the Vintage Certification team for documenting all of this and sharing. The hobby is better for it!

[SBR]

Thank you so much for posting these pictures of these amazing cars. As much as I love seeing a beautifully restored car, there is absolutely nothing that compares to a true time capsule.

[Too Many Projects]

I will add that Lloyd's fantastic pics are just the tip of the iceberg of what happens at this event. I have been privileged to work with Lloyd, while photographing some of these cars and assisting other judges as well. The judges put in LONG days with so many vehicles to inspect. For some of them, this event starts around noon on Thursday. The goal is to have the lifts in position and operating by 2 pm so the underside inspections can start. Last year, it was closer to 4-5pm, and continues, sometimes, until after 10 pm and then frantically moving cars on and off the 2 lifts for 14 to 16 hours on Friday. While the underside inspections and photos are being done on the lifts, there are a dozen more inspectors, usually in teams of 2, crawling over every inch of 5-6 more cars on the show floor. The cars can be driven on and off the lifts thru Friday. Any car that hasn't had the underside inspections done by then need to be pushed on and off during the show on Saturday, so it is a race against time to get all those done by about 10pm Friday...no joke... the cars that are on the lifts for Saturday opening might have been placed there between 10 and 12pm to stay for public viewing.
Besides the judges working long days, there is Brett and his 2 sons attempting to keep all the chaos organized, the blizzard of paperwork the judges hand them, all the sheets filed and entered into the computer correctly and finally, printing the certificates and framing them. Those guys are there for just as many hours as the judges, if not more.

Here's to the dedication of the entire team....

[Steve Shauger]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

I will add that Lloyd's fantastic pics are just the tip of the iceberg of what happens at this event. I have been privileged to work with Lloyd, while photographing some of these cars and assisting other judges as well. The judges put in LONG days with so many vehicles to inspect. For some of them, this event starts around noon on Thursday. The goal is to have the lifts in position and operating by 2 pm so the underside inspections can start. Last year, it was closer to 4-5pm, and continues, sometimes, until after 10 pm and then frantically moving cars on and off the 2 lifts for 14 to 16 hours on Friday. While the underside inspections and photos are being done on the lifts, there are a dozen more inspectors, usually in teams of 2, crawling over every inch of 5-6 more cars on the show floor. The cars can be driven on and off the lifts thru Friday. Any car that hasn't had the underside inspections done by then need to be pushed on and off during the show on Saturday, so it is a race against time to get all those done by about 10pm Friday...no joke... the cars
that are on the lifts for Saturday opening might have been placed there between 10 and 12pm to stay for public viewing.
Besides the judges working long days, there is Brett and his 2 sons attempting to keep all the chaos organized, the blizzard of paperwork the judges hand them, all the sheets filed and entered into the computer correctly and finally, printing the certificates and framing them. Those guys are there for just as many hours as the judges, if not more.

Here's to the dedication of the entire team....

Mitch well stated. At the end of event we all feel relief and satisfaction. Btw if I may Mitch is our Mr everything. He can be found directing cars on and off lifts, judging, answering spectator/participant question, promoting the program and
providing handouts detailing the Vintage program! Very much appreciate your efforts and enthusiasm.

This is our 25th year.... where has all the time gone.

Look forward to seeing everyone at the Camaro Nationals July 19 & 20. Morgantown, PA