And this is one of MY pet peeves... Folks who get a bit too 'anal'
about a so-called "Concours Restoration". The original "Concours" type
of events were for vehicles that were essentially customs - coach
built bodies on classic chassis.
Today we judge cars on how 'original' they are - original meaning how
they originally came from a factory. As if they are in some sort of
time capsule & never meant to *driven*!
I can understand that we need to have few examples of 'original' cars
but those should be in museums. The rest of us should endeavor to have
nice cars and then DRIVE them. OK, speaking for myself, THAT is where
the enjoyment comes from.
/rant :>)
Eric
1960 MGA
1978 MGB
----- Original Message -----
> Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:50:29 -0500
> From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@MGAguru.com>
> Subject: RE: Front Valance colors
>
> This has been one of my pet peeves for many years. Most of the
paint on MG
> chassis and some accessory parts (like heater and radiator) has
> traditionally been sattin black (otherwise known as semi-gloss
black) but
> definitely not gloss black. Concours show winners often have all
black
> parts painted in high gloss black, which sort of rubs me the wrong
way, but
> seems to have great appeal to the judges (especially in popular vote
car
> shows).
>
> Appearantly rules for concours preparation allow or even encourage
certain
> such "improvements" from the factory specification, and it seems
that this
> tradition has been around about as long as there have been car
shows. This
> sometimes even extends to high luster polish finish on pot metal or
> aluminum or copper parts that were originally left in natural state,
or
> even to adding chrome to parts never made that way by the factory.
If I
> was a concours judge, any gloss paint on a radiator or heater box or
any
> chassis parts would definitely lose points, but then I suppose I
would
> never be allowed to judge again. Such is life I guess, but it does
> certainly place a severe tilt on the public view of originality of
the cars.
>
> $.02,
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://MGAguru.com
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