Kees,
When I am judging, uneven gaps means points deducted!
Now what is an over restored car? For example, when the car has items chromed,
which were not chromed by the factory, it gets also points deducted!
So at the end it depends on the cars, which gets the winner in competition.
Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/Germany
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Von: Oudesluys [mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. August 2010 10:26
An: Eckert, Josef
Cc: jagwarman@gmail.com; Healeys@autox.team.net
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] concours judging
Josef,
Is not that odd. What you are saying is that theoretically a brand new
original car (if it exists but I am sure there must be one somewhere) with all
it original short comings like uneven gaps will get points deducted and loose
the competition to an over restored car?
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Josef.Eckert@t-systems.com wrote:
> Frederich,
> Don't be confused. I am speaking now for Concours on the European side
> of the pond. Members of the US Concours Committee may have a different
view.
> Our today's standards are much higher than they were when the
> Austin-Healey cars were produced. Or let me say it differently.
> Marilyn Monroe was an icon in her days. I am sure she would never
> become an icon these days, as our human beings taste changed over the
> last 50 years. We get cars in for Concours which are much better in
> quality and better assembled than any car which left the production
> line. If you put two cars together, one completely as it left the
> factory, the other the restorer spent mega hours in getting the door
> gaps right, panels aligned and has got a much better paintwork and
> both receive the same amount of points in Concours? Anyone watching
> the outcome would not understand why both received same amount of
> points or better, the very original factory car receives even more points
because of its "factory standard imperfections".
> So we use our "today's taste" as the measure. We think that's the best way.
> One can argue we do not follow the Holy Bible of Concours, but even
> the highest priests in any of this worlds churches cannot stop the
> time from moving and have to accept the world is changing (even they do not
want ).
>
> Josef Eckert
> Konigswinter/Germany
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