Been reading Duane's write-up on concours award categories and find an inconsistency. It says Gold is 385-400, Silver is 370-384, and Bronze is 355-389? Is this correct? Why the crossover from Bronze to Silver? Another question...........is there a deduction for custom floor mats? Or must the mats be the ones on the option sheet? I'm becoming more interested in concours.
The Body Shop Inspection sheet was used by Buick when they "purchased the finished shell from Fisher Body. They have spaces to designate all the areas where there were flaws. Once the shell was accepted, or a price deduction agreed upon by both parties, the inspecter punched his initials in the buy out space. Most have nothing designated as problem areas, but there are a few that have them. As far as the GSX stripes, every one is different and they are all f'd up in some way. I don't know how you could cite something like that. Duane
Ray there is no cross over between the two awards, you just found a mistake. Where were you when I needed a proof reader????? Bronze should be 355-383 points. Custom floor mats? as in non-factory style floor mats..... leave them out of the car. As a matter of fact you should ALWAYS leave them out of the car during judging. I had some yahoo take points off one of my cars because of floor mats. Their point was a floor mat could be hiding a "hole" in the carpet, so it got a deduction. Duane
Guy, Yes I once owned Captain America. I don't think my wife was happier the day I let it go. I was always talking about putting it together and running it a few times. I would have probably killed myself in that car, but it sure would have been fun. Duane
My guess is that, one, he had no idea what a Stage 2 option was as Durham probably never saw one, and two, he knew I was ordering a street car (I had ordered a '68. '70, and '71 already from him) and he simply wanted to move on and get the order in. As it was, I was a kid and a royal PIA. I wanted a GSX convertible, insisted that they submit the order, and was two months late (March) getting the car I ordered in early December since they had to turn down the car I made them order (this excuse was that the GSX had a special interior that would not fit a convertible--another dealer brush-off as he probably meant the rear spoiler), but the result was yet another trip to the dealer to order a car that I did end up keeping for over 40 years--and even took an AACA Second first time out following my first car refresh/restore in the early '90's; BIG learning curve, to say the least. Cheers, Richard
