Unfortunately, I disagree.
I know.. hmmm, years ago, he's probably passed away, sadly... a boatyard owner who was as much of a craftsman as is Tom. He bought a Model A woodie wagon as a project. All the wood was rotten and all the metal was rusted and gone. Larry did a piece by piece restoration, restoring what he could, and manufacturing much of the rest. It was fascinating to watch the project come together. Larry even went so far as to manufacture the bits necessary so his router would make a faithful copy of the dovetail joints on the wooden wheel well surrounds. When done, he drove the car everywhere in good weather.
He attended his first and last auto show. He came out with either no prize or a lousy one. Seems the car had some road dirt in a few corners. The prizes went to the garage queens that got trucked everywhere. No credit for being reliably drivable for several hundred miles to the show. It is a shame that there wasn't a class or division of the show where this man's talent could be recognized, but there wasn't.
I am guessing but I bet it is the same at the big Airshows.
-Skip