----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.
If I can guess at the reasons, 1.) I'd assume that concours rules try to
accommodated COMMONLY installed dealer options. 2.) Accepted dealer options do
not obscure the accuracy or condition of other original aspects of the car.
3.) Individual dealers were capable of doing anything you could imagine in
order to sell a new car. --You wouldn't make exceptions for chartreuse
furflex, mag wheels or deer whistles on the fenders........
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
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