[Healeys] concours judging

[Alan Seigrist]

Frederich -

you could also say that about the factory oil leaks off the showroom floor!


Alan

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Frederich Ficke <jagwarman at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am confused about this concours judging. Isn't the car suppose to reflect
> as it was when new fresh from the factory. If so why are these high quality
> paint jobs allowed when cars of the 50's and 60's never had that quality of
> paint when new?
>
> I look at it realistically you can restore a car to better than new
> appearance however , it is only new once. Also the person restoring the
> classic and putting chalk marks and such where they would have been when
> going thru the inspection process while being on assembly line is not the
> same as a restorer duplicating the marks.
>
> I guess I am looking for clarification as to how this judging really works
> .
> It just seems as though these cars that win are way over the top as to what
> they were really like when they were new.
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