The British car club in Memphis TN. did something similar quite a few years
ago. As far as I know..it has worked out very well.
Brian H. Smith
1959 TR3
1972 Spitfire IV
1977 TR7
Lake Charles, LA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fred thomas [SMTP:vafred@erols.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 1998 8:03 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: trailers
>
> Listers,just my .02 FWIW dept., the hobby needs the trailered cars as
> well as the drivers, as well as the under const., all are needed to keep
> this very fine hobby to be able to continue it's growth the way it has
> the past few years. Some tinkering now needs to be instituted into the
> rules to keep a level show field for everyone involved. When a car is
> judged in concours and wins his class in same, then he should be forever
> entered in a veterans class with all past winners. The AACA does this in
> three different stages always moving the car up until it is finally
> retired from judging and then just shown. I would like to sight a recent
> example of what I am refering too, and I quote, " this trailered car was
> restored ten years ago and now has 100 miles on it. The car was, is, and
> probably will be the most perfectly restored T/R for many more years to
> come, but how many 1st. place & "Best of Show" has this car taken, does
> it mean anything to the owner, I think not anymore, but here is this one
> of kind being judged in concours and given it's umpteenth "BOS" and 495+
> points awards, is this fair to rest of the show hobbiest,AACA does not
> think so. When a car is trailered and one is driven then a point spread
> needs to be established for both cars. When you work so long and so hard
> to attain a level of showing a concours car, you do not need a car
> entered that does the same thing ten times a year for ten years and still
> gets the same awards. A retired veterans class needs to be establised
> that encourages more and more people to enter their cars in all the shows
> and still try harder to improve, but not against a long time veteran and
> the very best in the country.
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