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Been a year without Car of The Month. Just doesn't seem right to go through the holidays without one so....
This is a Nomination Thread for cars that will compete for Car of the Month honor.
You can nominate yourself or somebody else. It takes someone to second the nomination to make it to the voting round.
The car must be complete and in excellent condition both inside and out.
Simply share one recent picture with just some basic information, and we'll save the details and stories and photo gallery for the voting thread.
Alright folks, let's work this out on the fly.... I did this on impulse with no plan.
The way things are going this could be the last COTM ever. We need to make this one for the ages!
I'm thinking throw away the rule book and let the OG's play again. They helped make COTM legendary, so let them help take COTM out in a blaze of glory.
What do you think? Should we have an thirdgen.org Original Gangstas COTM???
(The only way COTM will continue is if somebody does the work. Gotta have a volunteer step up... )
Alright folks, let's work this out on the fly.... I did this on impulse with no plan.
The way things are going this could be the last COTM ever. We need to make this one for the ages!
I'm thinking throw away the rule book and let the OG's play again. They helped make COTM legendary, so let them help take COTM out in a blaze of glory.
What do you think? Should we have an thirdgen.org Original Gangstas COTM???
(The only way COTM will continue is if somebody does the work. Gotta have a volunteer step up... )
Yeah! I do miss this. Thanks for doing this Qwk, like a little pre Xmas gift to all us who truly missed this part of the forum. Merry X-mas all, lets do this!
1984 Camaro
Owned this car since around 91 or so, restored it awhile back, replaced pretty much everything on the car. Now it's a fun car to drive, I love taking it out to the monthly cruises in the summer.
If this is the last hurrah for COTM, this guy (dagwood) needs to be included if for no other reason than he's brought more 3rd gens back from the dead, out of garages and out of barns and sent them on to new owners than anyone else here that I'm aware of. Just picked this '87 Formula out at random from his long list:
I'll play.
This is my 1989 1LE R7U after nut & bolt restoration by the original owner to how it was last raced in September of 1990 (second place finish).
I would also offer to assist with the COTM program in 2024 to keep it going.
I'll play.
This is my 1989 1LE R7U after nut & bolt restoration by the original owner to how it was last raced in September of 1990 (second place finish).
I would also offer to assist with the COTM program in 2024 to keep it going.
I'll play.
This is my 1989 1LE R7U after nut & bolt restoration by the original owner to how it was last raced in September of 1990 (second place finish).
I would also offer to assist with the COTM program in 2024 to keep it going.
I second this one
EDIT* Saw that it already had a second so will second another one to get this going*
Last edited by jimmylev; Dec 16, 2023 at 10:06 AM.
Great idea Qwk, certainly always a pleasure to see the nice finished thirdgens out there regardless of voting. hopefully this will still be a thing in some form when at least one of my cars is done in a year or two!
There's a part of me that thinks we should have 2 winners and do s "split screen."
It always seems to me, (on Facebook Groups and Forums as well,) that Firebirds get "overwhelmed" and "washed into obscurity" by just sheer numbers of Camaros. Don't get me wrong.....I like Camaros......I'm just a Poncho guy and always have been......and I also realize that there are so much more aftermarket options for Camaros, that sometimes it's difficult to compete on level playing field.
All that being said, I'm not generally a competitive type. I just like to show up and play.
After nominations are complete, I will send a PM to everyone with information about what are next steps and some hints how to better your chances to win. And when I create the voting thread I place a hold on voting for a day or two to give people a chance to do their write ups before any voting happens. I like everybody to feel like they got a good shot at it.
Right now we have 5 COTM first timers and 5 veterans. I'm thinking of splitting up into two groups with the first timers in one, and the veterans in another. This will double chances of winning, and also avoid the voting chaos that happens when the groups get too large.
First timers
Roorancher
VIZ28
dansm
battmann
TimRS
Veterans
vinny R
cdoyle
soloc4
dagwood
IROCThe5.7L
Right now we have 5 COTM first timers and 5 veterans. I'm thinking of splitting up into two groups with the first timers in one, and the veterans in another. This will double chances of winning, and also avoid the voting chaos that happens when the groups get too large.
First timers
Roorancher
VIZ28
dansm
battmann
TimRS
Veterans
vinny R
cdoyle
soloc4
dagwood
IROCThe5.7L
Great idea. Love the thread. Hope this kickstarts the COTM again in some form. Perhaps car of the quarter if monthly is too much work, or not enough interest.
Nice to see some cars that I seem to have missed.
Want to nominate @Neil350 . He's put a lot of work into it. One of the cleaner GTAs, with near-factory lines and a good bit of time invested tastefully in and out.
Hopefully I'll have this done next spring.
L31 crate, basically all new with some upgrades.
Exciting times with a project nearing completion! What is there left to do? I am particular about cars being in a complete state, no projects for COTM.
That said, I also keep notes to bring people back when the project is complete because we love cars just like yours.
