[Healeys] concours judging

[robertduquette at sympatico.ca]

So ... you're saying that leaking synthetic oil would be a points deduction?
;)

Robert Duquette

Ottawa ON Canada

> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:08:28 +0800
>
> 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.