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November 23, 2003
I agree also on this point, I've seen some really poor bonnet gaps on
frogeyes, even on restored cars! I guess this is an area on those cars difficult
to get right, not that I'd know from experience never having owned one...
maybe after I've finished the one I'm working on!
Why especially me? Why single me out? I thought this list was here for
like-minded individuals to share experiences of working on these cars so
that we may all benefit. I'd be the first one to admit, that I'm a novice at car
restoration, but I've tried to help others with my own experiences, and thats
been reciprocated. Ed are you suggesting we should all go away and read our
books, and not bother you or the list with our silly questions?
No-one has said anything to the contrary to this Ed, but because something
wasn't perfect to begin with, should we merely perpetuate this or try and
correct the errors that were made at the factory because they simply didn't
have the time for commercial reasons to get the cars as good as possible?
It was probably me, I'm fairly outspoken on this issue. Yes, the UK concours
cars are way overdone, pampered show poodles for the best part; but who's
fault is this? The owners of the cars or the format of the concours events and
judges? The rules governing concours events are laid down, one car has to
win, one car has to be best - all that does is pit owner against owner, and
they'll keep going to outdo each other to win that 'best car' award. This is the
reason these cars become 'pampered show poodles'.
By far the better way to judge these cars in concours events is as you say, to
judge them against a laid down set of criteria. You're then competing against
criteria and not other owners.
Another problem in concours events are the judges themselves. Whilst many
are very knowledgeable on the subject, they can't possibly know all the
originality variations of the range of cars being judged. It's a lot easier if
you're only judging say, Frogeyes, but at an MG event for example there could
be Mk I, II, III and 1500RB Midgets all being judged.
Well if it won't do well in the US, it'll do even worse in the UK !
Nigel
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Posted on November 23, 2003 11:53 AM
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