<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/><title></title></head><body><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Thanks Randy,<br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">and all others working so hard on the Concours Guidelines.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">I really do not just appreciate your work, I love it!!!!!!!!</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">As it is such a huge help when you are trying to restore an Austin-Healey to original specs.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">I think it doesn´t matter if you like to drive a "Concours car" or just " keep it warm" and use it on special occations. Its the love to the car and the marque which is for all kind of Austin-Healey enthusiasts. I personally love to work on the car and get the things right and have a car which looks and drives like it left the factory.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Here in Europe, especially in Germany, I see most Austin-Healeys modified to the taste of their owners. Some look still nice, others I would say, Sorry done without any taste.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Meanwhile all talk about Concours and say its bullshit, but most do not even know what Concours means. Even in the Austin-Healey Clubs Concours has a very hard stand. Meanwhile not at all supported by the Clubs.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Concours Registry and Guidelines (was: Thanks for all the help)</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2019-12-13T04:00:14+0100</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "Randy Hicks via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">An: "Michael Salter" <michaelsalter@gmail.com></p>
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<div>Thank You Michael, John and others who have chimed in in support of “Concours”. I’ve held off responding due to the inappropriateness and lunacy of the comment.
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<div class="">Despite what some people many feel, Concours is stronger than ever. This year we have sold over 100 set of the Guideline which is more than twice any previous year. The 2020 Update will be out in early January 2020 with more photos and quite a few addition and correction to pervious editions. We research and produce nearly 700 pages of data and photos supporting our passion.</div>
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<div class="">The Concours Committee (contrary to many beliefs) does believes that our Concours cars are meant to be driven. We also believe and acknowledge that Concours is not for everyone ( this is fine), but that we need to be documenting how the Austin-Healey was built originally as a source for those that are interested and those just wanting to keep their cars as they were produced. We learn more and more each year, and totally believe in passing the information along to those interested.</div>
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<div class="">It is hardly “bullshit”. Hundreds of hours of work goes into the documentation each year.</div>
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<div class="">On Dec 12, 2019, at 7:09 PM, Michael Salter <<a class="" href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="" dir="auto">John, I could not agree with more with everything you have said.
<div class="" dir="auto">Concours may not be for everyone but to characterize it as "bullshit" is a profound insult to the dozens of dedicated individuals who believe in the accurate preservation of the marque.</div>
<div class="" dir="auto">For years I found Kees contributions to this list to be consistently simplistic and generic and was very gratified to find that Gmail provides an easy way to block his drivel. </div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 11:27 AM John P. New, <<a class="" href="mailto:jnew@hazelden.ca">jnew@hazelden.ca</a>> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">Kees,<br class="" /><br class="" />Your statement, "All this concourse stuff is bullshit," really makes me angry.<br class="" /><br class="" />I have been a member of this list for almost twenty years and I have seen you write some really inaccurate things about Healeys but this takes the cake. Indeed, even the late Richard Chrysler once told you on this list to keep your uninformed opinions on Austin-Healeys to yourself.<br class="" /><br class="" />The Concours Guidelines (and *please* spell concours properly) is one of the few secondary sources of information that can help in the preservation and restoration of an Austin-Healey. I would say that in many ways it is THE BEST secondary source because it is updated annually as new information is gathered. No publication is without errors, so even great books by such authors as Clausager or Moment & Anderson do contain factual inaccuracies that may mislead a restoration. (To be fair to Moment & Anderson, they keep a list of errata for their book, available for the asking)<br class="" /><br class="" />If you think Concours is about trailer queens and awards, then you just have no clue why the organization exists. To quote the very first sentence of the Austin-Healey Concours Registry Organization, Policies and Inspection Guidelines,<br class="" /><br class="" />"The Austin-Healey Concours Registry was created by members from a number of Austin-Healey clubs in North America to assist owners in restoring their cars to original standards and to encourage the restoration and maintenance of original cars."<br class="" /><br class="" />This sums up the entire mission of the Registry. Please note that the word "bullshit" does not appear there nor anywhere else in the publication.<br class="" /><br class="" />So, following in the footsteps of Richard Chrysler: Kees, please keep your baseless, uninformed opinions on Austin-Healeys to yourself.<br class="" /><br class="" />John P. New<br class="" />London, Ontario, Canada<br class="" /><br class="" /><br class="" />On Thursday, December 12, 2019 2:35:33 AM EST Kees Oudesluijs wrote:<br class="" />> That looks very neat and tidy. Time to get it dirty. However fit some <br class="" />> air filters in a cold box first. Avoid the foam affairs because of <br class="" />> severe fire risk. These cars are for driving. All this concourse stuff <br class="" />> is bullshit. Use them, make them safe to drive in modern traffic and <br class="" />> enjoy them. We have friends that use their A-H cars as a daily driver <br class="" />> and rebuild the car every so often if and when extensive repairs are <br class="" />> needed.<br class="" />> <br class="" />> To many concourse trailer queens about that may not even be fit for driving.<br class="" />> <br class="" />> Kees Oudesluijs<br class="" />> <br class="" />> <br class="" />> <br class="" />> Op 12-12-2019 om 04:05 schreef richard mayor:<br class="" />> > The 1960 BT7 that I have been working on is not concours. I can't go <br class="" />> > into details right now but here's a photo of the engine compartment.<br class="" />> ><br class="" />> > DSCN4470 (1).jpg<br class="" />> ><br class="" />> </blockquote>
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