I have always agreed with VTR's requirement of the cars needing to be
driven in at least one event in order to compete in concours. As I
recall, there was a TR4 (15 years or so ago) that was being taken to
shows (in a rental van) that was simply rolled onto the field. Not
"preserving the marque", by my thinking.
The class that (I think) should _not_ allow trailered cars is the "Round
TUIT" or MOFI (Most Opportunity For Improvement) type awards. It hurts
to get beaten by a "bucket of bits" sitting on a trailer.
Keith Edwards
Suffolk, VA
'62 TR3B (former SCCA E/P race car) (winner of the "Least Likely To Make
It Home Under Its Own Power" award, due to trailering it)
'62 TR3B
2 TR4As
1 Austin-Healey 100 (winner of the Round TUIT and MOFI, at different
shows)
1 Austin Princess Vanden Plas limo
various fractional cars laying about...
vitesse@juno.com wrote:
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fred thomas wrote:
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> Listers,just my .02 FWIW dept., the hobby needs the trailered cars as
> well as the drivers, as well as the under const., all are needed to keep
> this very fine hobby to be able to continue it's growth the way it has
> the past few years. Some tinkering now needs to be instituted into the
> rules to keep a level show field for everyone involved. When a car is
> judged in concours and wins his class in same, then he should be forever
> entered in a veterans class with all past winners. The AACA does this in
> three different stages always moving the car up until it is finally
> retired from judging and then just shown. I would like to sight a recent
> example of what I am refering too, and I quote, " this trailered car was
> restored ten years ago and now has 100 miles on it. The car was, is, and
> probably will be the most perfectly restored T/R for many more years to
> come, but how many 1st. place & "Best of Show" has this car taken, does
> it mean anything to the owner, I think not anymore, but here is this one
> of kind being judged in concours and given it's umpteenth "BOS" and 495+
> points awards, is this fair to rest of the show hobbiest,AACA does not
> think so. When a car is trailered and one is driven then a point spread
> needs to be established for both cars. When you work so long and so hard
> to attain a level of showing a concours car, you do not need a car
> entered that does the same thing ten times a year for ten years and still
> gets the same awards. A retired veterans class needs to be establised
> that encourages more and more people to enter their cars in all the shows
> and still try harder to improve, but not against a long time veteran and
> the very best in the country.
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