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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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Scott S |
Sep 13 2016, 03:49 PM
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Small Member Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 633 |
I just stumbled on this thread - I find it concerning.
Tom, I agree wholeheartedly with 22Truckie. I may have missed it, but if PCA is making deductions on a truly original car, what is the rational behind it? If PCA has decided to generalize the judging, it would really be disappointing to me. Anyone can restore/over restore a car to be perfect. To me, part of the fun of the preservation class is to see the differences/anomalies that happened in the manufacturing process on any given day. As I recall, someone on "world" has a car where a wrench was left behind by the factory and actually painted with the car. So awesome - and equally such a tragedy to change it to "perfect" to avoid a deduction. I have an national concours winning E-type - the car has just 15k miles and is 100 percent original down to the tires and brake pads. JCNA used the car for a judge training event at our place this past spring for close to 9 hours. At the end of the day they came away with a 1" thick binder on just this specific year and model. While obviously the judges would not carry around such a thing at an event, as I recall, they may have access to some sort of data base electronically. From my experience, the Jag groups don't have half of the passion that the Porsche groups have. In fact, I would say that the Jag groups are in danger of fading away, as there is very little new blood being brought in. This makes me even more confused on why Porsche would set an easier/broader standard, being that they still have the passion behind the brand. The way this thread reads, it appears you could lose a PCA zone or parade event, but win at Pebble or Amelia. That doesn't make sense. |
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