Best in class…
We took the Defender out to the Texas All British Car Day at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock today. I’ve never seen so many British cars in one place. Lots of MGs, Triumphs, Mini, Jags, Austin-Healey’s and more. I entered the Defender in the Land Rover class. I brought out a couple small ramps and twisted the suspension a little and also brought the RC truck that is painted the same to sit in front of it. I got lots of questions about the D-90 as it stuck out like a sore thumb among all the tiny Minis and MG. Most of which’s rooflines weren’t even as high as my door tops. There wasn’t too many Rovers there and I was the only Defender. I spent probably close to 10 hours cleaning and prepping my truck for the show. It was sparkling. Didn’t even look like the mud covered mess it usually is. I even got comments from the Land Rover dealer that showed up. I spent most of the day answering questions about my truck and many people expressed wishes that they could find one. Others were surprised at it. People in the US have a mental image of Land Rovers as these plush luxury vehicles. When they are told that in the rest of the world Landies are work trucks and that a Defender reflects that heritage they are genuinely surprised.
It was a participant judged event. Everyone that entered a car got a set of ballots, one ballot for each class. At the awards ceremony at the end I took first place in the Land Rover class and received a plaque. I wasn’t looking for a win or anything, I just wanted to go hang out with people that loved British cars. The win was just a bonus.
Does this mean I have to stop driving it and make it a trailer queen like a lot of the cars out there? 🙂
I didn’t have a lot of free time to take pics but I did take a few. Check out the Best in Show winner, a very rare Jaguar D-Type.