[Healeys] Fwd: concours judging

[Ron Mitchell]

I've been watching intently to see if anyone remembered the Barn Find of a
completely original car.  Can't remember if it was a 100-6 or a 3000.  It was
Healey Blue.  Anyhow the owner got out the scrub brush, degreaser, polish and
carpet cleaner and did a great job of cleaning the car.  It was Concours
Judged 
at Encounter about ten years ago.  Might have been longer than that. 
I didn't 
have the pleasure of judging it that day, was busy as a note taker
on a Bugeye.  
The results were that the car being completely original right
down to the tires 
and tool bags the only deductions on the score sheets were
for condition.  The 
final count added up to a low Silver which was amazing
since time had taken a 
toll on many of the components.   It was a pleasure to
see a how an original 
unrestored car would stand up to Concours Standards.
My first car was a 1957 Longbridge 100-6 that I bought a week after being
discharged from the Navy in early 1957.  Many of you have rightly eluded to
the 
fact that they didn't come from the factory looking like the Concours
cars of 
today.  I can agree that you are correct.  But we would have to go to
Bloomington Gold Standard if we wanted a completely original car.  I prefer
the 
modern day paints and methods of restoration.

Ron Mitchell