Been there, done that. Speaking from experience, very true! In my opinion,
when they start suing each other and flinging accusations of "slander" over
a god d*%#ed car show, it's time to pack up the pup tent and go home.
Yes, I'm building a "concours" early '58 Bugeye. My feeling is it will never
see the concours field. For me, the joy of seeing a final product identical
to the way it came out of the factory is worth all the headaches (and $$'s).
I love the chase. Nothing could make me happier than finding a set of green
floor mats, or a nine stud windshield date coded April '58 (except maybe
hitting a genuine "double" in a New England grouse cover with my dog holding
on point).
Just my .02
Daniel58612
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type79@ix.netcom.com [SMTP:type79@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 1:19 PM
> To: Charles D. Sorkin
> Cc: Spridget List; MG List
> Subject: Re: Car show judging
>
> "Charles D. Sorkin" wrote:
>
> > Dear List:
> >
> > No LBC content, but I wanted to share an interesting story from a
> colleague
> > who was showing his Ferrari this past weekend. In the battle for best
> of
> > show, his 1964 GTL was in competition with a Porsche (don't know the
> model)
> > for the fully-judged award. The cars were of comparable quality in
> > virtually every respect. No rust, flawless paint, perfect carpets,
> > spotlessly clean engine bay, etc. In order to break the tie, the judge
> > first ran his finger along the INSIDE of the rim of the spare tire
> (which
> > has never been used) and found that it passed a white glove test. (How
> many
> > LBCs have impeccably clean spares?)
> >
> > The next test was the killer and the tie-breaker. The judge inspected
> the
> > sets of original tools that came with the cars. He examined the set of
> > pliers that came standard with Ferraris and noted that there was a tiny
> spot
> > of grime in the joint. And thus the Porsche (which did not have a set
> of
> > pliers in its original equipment) won.
> >
> > Wow.
> >
> > Now that's competition.
> >
>
> Charles,
>
> In my book, that's not competition, it's BS!
>
> I have always been interested in and most appreciative of originality but
> I have
> never understood what extreme cleanliness has to do with judging. White
> glove
> judging is nothing more than popularity judging amongst a chosen few.
>
> Jay Fishbein, CT
> AN-5
> HAN-6
> Innocenti-S
> Lotus 7
> etc. etc.
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