On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Alexander Joseph H wrote:
> Don & FOT,
>
> It is begining to appear to me that my original estimate of 10, or so,
> FOT is low. It seems closer to 15 plus significant others
>
> On another subject: Help me out here, FOT...is there not a category for
> displaying competition Triumphs? I have not participated in the concours
> at VTR before and havnt paid that much attention. I remember a thread
> that either there was a category or that there was one proposed.
Yes, there is. The "Minimum" number of classes required for a VTR National
Convention Concours includes a "Modified" class. It would be up to the
host club to expand upon that if they could determine that there might be
sufficient numbers of "race" cars to form their own class (as, I believe,
was the case in Fort Worth this past summer). This class, of course, would
be ideally separate from the regular Modified class, which traditionally
includes mostly street cars with Webers, custom interiors or paint or
other features that would result in too many points lost when judged as a
"stock" class car. In the Modified class(es), cars are judged primarily on
workmanship and appearance, not originality.
> Because of the short proximity to this event we would trailer Vintage
> Racer TR4 #197 in and put it on display...it still looks pretty good
> after collecting the patina of 5 years of racing.
Patina is high on my personal list of desireable features on a Triumph,
stock or modified. But I can't guarantee I'll be judging this class. (To
be honest, I can pretty much guarantee I won't be judging at all -- been
there, done that, got the grief....:-) )
> More importantly, there are some very exceptional competition cars that
> could be there. One I am sure of and the other I am hoping for..THE
> Thunderbolt (eh, Bob?) We also have a couple 'work in process' Triumphs
> that perhaps will be finished that should look quite nice. No pressure
> here. I know John Lye will have his...and the other autocrossers would
> have another option for displaying there cars, like the "Green Man"
> (marking his territory) Somebody could work on Charles to bring one of
> the TRS Le Mans cars, but I see this as bit of a stretch.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hmmm, perhaps originality could be a judging factor with THAT car, eh?
--Andy
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