On Mon August 16 2004 5:45 pm, Editorgary@aol.com wrote:
> To give you an idea of how seriously Concours resists undercoating: the
> policy is that every part with undercoating that prevents getting an idea
> of its condition and correctness is scored as zero for both condition and
> correctness. Net result is that it is impossible to get a concours rating
> above bronze with a car that is otherwise perfect.
> This is for all the reasons listed above. Can hasten deterioration,
> difficult to correct, and has very negative effect on resale value.
So (and please understand, I'm not arguing, just "what-if-ing" you) if I
bought a brand new Healey in the '60s, with dealer-installed undercoating,
and put it in air-conditioned storage for 40 years before taking it to a
concours event for judging, it'd get points deducted.
Strikes me as unfair, but I understand that they do have to draw the line
someplace.
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