The reason I brought up the topic (other than to get people's blood going on
these cold winter days :) is that through Norm's and other's diligence in
pursuing factory documentation, and through the efforts of Dick Barker, Tony
Eckford, Bill Miller, and all the others who owned and restored the 'special'
Tigers, we have both a fairly complete record of which cars are unique (through
factory effort) and also a relatively large number of the actual cars.
So, given that there will be Concours type events, because that's what some
people enjoy preparing their car for, and all the rest of us certainly
appreciate their efforts, it might be good to group the factory cars in a class
of their own so as to allow the owners of 'ordinary' (if there is such a thing)
Tigers to compete without the psychological effect of being judged against a car
to which there really is no comparison.
In my opinion, general event scoring should emphasize driving over concours
competition, so as to give everyone a chance to see Tigers running the way they
were meant to.
Theo Smit
tsmit@novatel.ca
B382002705
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Crawley [SMTP:johnc@nait.ab.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 9:11 AM
> To: Steve Laifman
> Cc: MWood24020@aol.com; TSmit@novatel.ca; tigers@autox.team.net; 'Alpine's
> Peak'
> Subject: Re: Factory Specials
>
> Steve:
> These are the reasons that I do not believe in judging evens. What do you
> judge by? I past president of the Alberta All British Motoring Society that
> puts on a bi-annual Field meet. Several years ago we stopped having judging
> and trophies. During the event we now just get together to socialize and to
> appreciate the work that others have done. The money that we save in
> trophies goes to providing a free breakfast that all can enjoy. Works for
> us as it gets rid of all the bickering and everyone likes to eat.
> Godspeed
> Jc
>
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