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Hello All
We have learned than not having The Correct Hose Clamps on a vehicle that came
with "another design" can be worth 12 Points taken away for the entry.
What about Dual Exhaust on a vehicle that all know it did not have Duals ? Or The
1956 or newer Tail Pipe not having "The MoPar Hook" ?
Rodger & Gabby
COS
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Hi Roger,
It all depends.
When a Jaguar E-type is at a judged event the national club has a book as big as one of those dictionaries in the library when we were kids. They know the running changes by car number and the like. They know what the head of various bolts look like and what stamping or lettering is on them. Wrong bolts and loose points. Same fort of thing for a lot of folks in the Model "A" clubs.
I do not know what the Desoto Club does as I have not seen a restoration judging manual for the club with all the details in it.
I for one no longer think judging is worth a thing.
Take my 1949 Desoto Convertible. Many rubber parts are not available. The original material for the seats are not available. The correct top material pattern and color are not available. They only made the car for about 7 months and the 1950's have a lot of different sheet metal and trim. 1951 was a complete different car.
Take my 1947. They made the same basic car for 3-1/2 years. Lots of aftermarket parts are available.
When judged, they both have to play by the same rules yet one is much more difficult to restore.
I do not think it is fair. Also, cars with more market value get more parts made for them and this becomes a closed loop.
Until car clubs start to use the same judging model that is used in competitive gymnastics, namely adding a difficulty multiplier to the final score, I for one ignore judging as it is meaningless.
James
AMEN
Hee Hee...reminds me of a show we attended last year with our '57 DeSoto. Every other car entered in the "Mopar" class was either a perfectly restored 1970's muscle car, or a very recent model such as the Viper. Our DeSoto was the hit with the crowd and with the other Mopar owners, but of course it came in dead last with the judges. 
We of course, didn't care as we always attend this show for fun, as it is one great car show held for charity. Our car looked absolutely great parked beside its more modern "brethren", and it really did its part teaching the crowd about a real slice of Mopar history. 
The folks who run this rather large car show actually had to create a "DeSoto Slot" for our car as they couldn't recall ever having a DeSoto in their show during the three decades+ that the show had been held. So we were very happy to get the chance to "represent", and we didn't care about winning anything.
Mind you, the night before at this car show's "cruise in", we were awarded with a huge "people's favourite" trophy, warts and all.
