[Healeys] Concours judging

[Chris Dimmock]

Geez, thats unusual.
A reply with red words, in a larger font, and all underlined?
Is Ed running HTML email encoding classes for listers?
Ron - read my initial email on this topic. Maybe I shouldn't use my  
phone to post. In my initial email, you will note I put "best" in  
"inverted commas" every time.
;-)
Did you sort out your ignition timing Ron?
And which head casting are you running???
Cooling isn't an issue for me in Sydney Australia.
Personally, i think that most cooling problems today are due to 45  
year old engines having water jackets full of sediment and deposits.  
Redistrip the block & head
My BJ8 has pretty good HP and torque for a non steel crank engine
http://www.myaustinhealey.com/dyno_sheet.html and has
done numerous 6 hour relay races,
competition events, and road miles, http://www.myaustinhealey.com/wgatesera.html 
  and has been driven numerous times interstate to compete. And has  
always been driven home.

Best
;-)
Chris

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On 05/08/2010, at 10:24 PM, Ron Mitchell <healeyron at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 7:22:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Concours judging
>
> So - still no response to my question from all the concours  
> critics .....
> "which BN1 would have won a concours in around June 1953 - given  
> there were 5 entrants - all were original - and all are less than 30  
> days old?"
> And judged by their peers.   Judged by their peers? - Beauty is in  
> the eye of the beholder.  Your description is that of a Popularity  
> Car Show.
>
> So - which car would win my theoretical concours????? Your  
> Theoretical Concours desribes a Popularity Car Show.  In Concours  
> judging all five could win Gold or Not.  There could possibly be  
> damage done to the cars during the first 30 days which would result  
> in deductions for condition.  There is no intended winner in  
> Concours Judging.  Cars are judged against standards not each other.
>
> Ron Mitchell