White or not to white?
As far as I can see, there's only one drawback to a white car...they don't win trophies at people's choice shows. Now, I don't give a flying fig about trophies. I attend shows to see friends and enjoy Cougars.
There are, however, some folks who get a kick out of the recognition that goes with winning an award. There's nothing wrong with that, but if you want to win at people's choice shows, don't paint your car white.
Let me give you a case in point. Up in the Seattle area there's a fellow named Jim Compton who own's a very clean, very nice white '69 XR-7. He's put a lot of work into that car and it shows. At the 2000 Cascade C/C Prowl, they had a formally judged show and Jim and I were in the same class. He took first and I took second. Based on the merits of the two cars, that is exactly how I would have judged it.
Now, at the 2001 Prowl, they had a people's choice show and, once again, Jim and I were in the same class. But this time I took the first place trophy and Jim took second. Based on just about any criteria you can name, Jim deserved that first place trophy. Why did I win it? Simple. Jim's car is white with a black vinyl top and mine is dark aqua with a white vinyl top. Even though we were parked next to each other, people would walk right past his car to look at mine.
Moral of the story: If you want to win people's choice shows, paint it any color but white! (Except maybe lime frost green.)
Keep on Cattin'!
Steve