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Concours judging for preservation class |
22truckie |
Jul 25 2016, 11:33 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 23-June 16 From: Lake Stevens WA Member No.: 20,138 Region Association: None |
Ok. At the risk of offending I have a question. I plan on submitting my unrestored 914 in the preservation class for judging at the national Porsche Parade in Spokane WA next year ( live in the state). I was advised by a very helpful member of this site about how the judging goes. He stated in preservation class judging, if you have factory paint and there are some runs in it , from the factory, that I needed to wet sand those down or I would get deducted. I also noted to him that on my car there were areas where the person at the factory who applied the adhesive for the weather stripping was a little over jelious and got some brush strokes outside the weather stripping. He also stated those would probably need to be removed to prevent point deduction. He then stated he was a concours judge for 914's. Now I have entered major concours shows in preservation classes and placed and never heard anything along those lines. I guess my question is this : If you are not judging on how the car was made exactly from the factory with no alterations or modifications at all, including, and especially, factory imperfections. Then what exactly are you preserving? How the car was made at the factory or how you wish the car looked from the factory. I know I am a new member but I am a long term unrestored, untouched addict who works hard at having people understand how important these treasures really are. Hope this spurs some good posts. Again no offense was ment by this post. I very much appreciate the help the judge was trying to give me
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mepstein |
Jul 26 2016, 04:48 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,307 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
He was advising you to over restore the car. Don't do it. Once you do, your cars history is gone. It's a beginner mistake. He just doesn't has any experience judging at a higher level than local events so he doesn't know any better.
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Tom_T |
Jul 26 2016, 02:22 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
He was advising you to over restore the car. Don't do it. Once you do, your cars history is gone. It's a beginner mistake. He just doesn't has any experience judging at a higher level than local events so he doesn't know any better. Mark, please read my posts above, as I wasn't advising an over restoration. We DO in fact judge in Zone 8 on Preparation, & too much grease or adhesive over-run/over-spray left on a car - even when it's direct from the factory - are in fact deductible items in our scoring. Just ask SoCal Andy or anyone else on here who has competed in our Zone 8 Concours. Andy forced me to learn our rules even more so last year, with his questions, & due to his unfortunate gas station accident mishap on the way to the San Diego Concours - which we were able to get the event's Head Judge to waive judging that damage for that show - similar to a Parade rule for same (we have no such rule specifically on that in Zone 8, other than Head Judge's discretion). Sometimes some of the judges IMHO are too picky on certain items on which they ding - both very experienced through to novice, but that's the way it goes with a volunteer workforce with differing opinions! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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