For VARAC, per the rules, the year of manufacture applies for vintage
production cars, but in practice the cars are prepared to fit within the
eligibility period, which is up to 1961 for vintage, 1966 for Classic
Sedan. This means, as an example, that a 1962 Mini shell should be running
an 850 engine per the rules, but they all have 1275's no matter when they
were built or what they had from the factory. Correct for the year (or
last year) raced has no bearing on the matter, unless the owner makes an
impressive case for a waiver of the rules based on historical significance,
or similar.
brian
At 09:06 PM 4/3/01 -0400, Mike Cobine wrote:
>Out of curiosity, what do each of the groups define as period correct?
>
>Is it correct for the year of the car, correct for the year it was raced
>(within the range permitted), or correct to the GCR/PCS for the club?
>
>Example, is a 1959 car period correct if:
>
>A. built to 1959 specs?
>
>B. built to 1965 specs?
>
>C. built to 1969 specs (for clubs cutting off with the 1969 GCR/PCS)?
>
>D. built to 1972 specs (for clubs cutting off to pre-73 vehicles and
>GCR/PCS)?
>
>E. all of the above.
>
>F. none of the above.
>
>
>Other than SVRA and their history requirement of proven race history prior
>to 1972, does anyone actually require the cars to have been race cars or is
>building a street car the more acceptable method?
Brian Evans
Director, Canada
MCI Wholesale Internet Services
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