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A wise fellow club member once said to me that the absolutely correct high point concours cars which weren't driven were important to the hobby because they established a standard of how good the car could be. The last few years, I have become enamoured by the Preservation Class, which is more like what I see at car shows in England. Pebble Beach, down the road from me, introduced that class several years ago, Cars are not always totally repainted but instead left pretty much as they are except for being well maintained mechanically. PB cars are always complete with dirt. I have seen tidily repaired cigarette burns on leather seats for instance, and commonly where the paint has been worn through by polishing. I read a couple of years ago that if you were to get your generator rebuilt , it is important to tell the shop NOT to repaint the generator and to use the existing hardware of its ok. I was recently at a show, helping the local restoration shop who was the sponsor. A man asked me how much I thought the shop would charge to restore his TR4. In conversataion, I learned he bought it new in 1962, and it's all original. He drove it every day to work . The transmission is bad (easy fix) and the only body flaw is on the drivers side door where he rested his arm while driving and wore the pain off. I was able to convince him to clean it up, repair the tranny, and drive it because there was no one else at hat show who could say they were driving a totally original car and were the original owner. Mike Moore
On Jan 16, 2015, at 2:42 PM, Ray Jones 1970hurst@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: All points mentioned are valid. It's an owners choice of how anal to be. Some just like to "Keep the pedal to the metal" and others don't like to drive it off and on the trailer. Concours is mostly an evolution process, that is, by using the Clubs Judging process, you can improve the car. We have had fights after judging and some never came back because their "Baby" lost some points. Others have come to concours with the restored car and then offered it for sale as an "Internationally Judged Award winner" But the best attitude was Dudley Finneyfrock's He brought his Hurst to concourse year after year. He would leave the judges alone, he graciously accepted his award, if any, at the banquet. He would go home and wait a week or so before looking at the judging sheets. He would go to each item that lost points, and look to see if he agreed that the deduction was warranted. If he agreed, he would fix or repair the item and move onto the next one. Then back next year for another round. That car is now in the Chrysler Museum, they bought it from him as a great example of the Hurst. That is the best use of the judging we offer, remember the judges, as all of us are, are volunteers, with feelings. On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:50 PM, dan300f@xxxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-- Ray Jones. Y'all come on down an see us. Ya hear?
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