Each owner would theoretically probably call his own the best. However 5
recent owners wouldn't know enough about their cars to tell whether what
they examined was "right" or not. However, you say based on our 2010
"rules"? You mean standards of what is expected today? Probably the fellow
who had tweaked the obvious imperfections.
Rich
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From: "Chris Dimmock" <austin.healey@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:42 PM
To: "Ron Mitchell" <healeyron@yahoo.com>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Concours judging
> Thanks Ron
>
> You got my first point of sarcasm.
> Judged to a standard. Not against each other.
> But you missed the point of the second part. "Judged by their peers"
> meant judged by the OWNERS of the 5 or so cars at my theoretical
> concours in 1953.
> "peer= someone with equal standing"
> How is that a popularity contest????
> So, my point was if you had 5 owners, of 5 'new' BN1s, back in 1953,
> and one had "fixed" the obvious production related issues on his
> original car, now 30 days old, and meticulously cleaned it, and the 5
> guys - peers- all looked at each others cars as judges - which car -
> based on the 2010 rules, would rate highest???
>
> i.e. which car would those 5 guys rate as gold? All of them?
> Remembering the cars are all 30 days old, so there is no originality
> issue (in my theoretical example)
>
> It's my example, so I get to make the rules! Ok Ron! I didn't say some
> were crashed.
>
> :-)
>
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 05/08/2010, at 10:24 PM, Ron Mitchell <healeyron@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 7:22:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Concours judging
>>
>> So - still no response to my question from all the concours
>> critics .....
>> "which BN1 would have won a concours in around June 1953 - given
>> there were 5 entrants - all were original - and all are less than 30
>> days old?"
>> And judged by their peers. Judged by their peers? - Beauty is in
>> the eye of the beholder. Your description is that of a Popularity
>> Car Show.
>>
>> So - which car would win my theoretical concours????? Your
>> Theoretical Concours desribes a Popularity Car Show. In Concours
>> judging all five could win Gold or Not. There could possibly be
>> damage done to the cars during the first 30 days which would result
>> in deductions for condition. There is no intended winner in
>> Concours Judging. Cars are judged against standards not each other.
>>
>> Ron Mitchell
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