Re: [FWDLK] Surviver or not- Mo Nats
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Re: [FWDLK] Surviver or not- Mo Nats



I would have some issues/concerns with Dave's club's "Street Stock", for
SURE!

Any hard-to-find item: "Well, gee, I just UP-graded,  with a chromed
'dooie'......my chrome should be judged higher (cause it polishes-up, so
nicely) than your nasty-aged looking OEM 'dooie'.

If it were MY club......I would limit the NUMBER
of obvious-changes-from-OEM to  "X", as a "Street Stock" car could have
a LOT  of bright-shiney  subtle-or-not changes/upgrades to it,
literally, from the wheels, to the paint (color, and clear coat).

Neil Vedder


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  • From: Dave Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:47:12 -0700
One club I belong to has 4 categories for cars, with claasses by year in each. 
1.  Unrestored: no more than 2 body panels painted, no more than one seat panel replaced, no modifications.
2. Stock: restored to factory specs. 
3. Street stock: minor modifications such as custom wheels, chrome engine parts, headers, etc. 
4. Modified:  major modifications such as body mods, wild paint, superchargers, non-original engines, etc. 

Everybody seems to be happy with these classes. The biggest complaint is that it is very difficult for a car driven 1000 miles to compete with a trailered car rolled up onto an enclosed trailer. 

Dave Homstad 
56 Dodge D500 

---- Charles Pollock <cpollock@xxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Hello All,
> Just wanted to add my pennies as well-
> It USED to be that for a car to be considered a 'survivor' it had to be 
> at least 75% original.  How that was determined was determined by the 
> judging people before the Nats took place.  That- as MANY of you have 
> noted, has changed.  I think I know why.  Because 'survivor' status for 
> any mopar these days will make the car MUCH more valuable.  I'm sure 
> many of you have seen how much a 'survivor' brings at that joke of an 
> auction Barrett-Jackson.  Always more than a correctly restored car of 
> similar options, etc.
> Sorry, memory is getting shorter as I get older, but someone told the 
> tale of their nicely original/restored 66 Charger getting beaten by a 
> modified Charger at a show.  I am sad to say this is why I stopped 
> entering my Chargers in shows as well.  The Modified Charger is what 
> many in the hobby are now calling 'day two' restorations.  These are 
> cars with period correct speed/appearance parts.  In other words, the 
> car appears as it would have after the first owner had put on all of the 
> hop-up items that he would of the day after he bought the car.  
> Generally, this means aftermarket wheels, headers, gauges, steering 
> wheel, etc.
> The thing is that these items, if done correctly, MUST be from that era 
> or be direct replacements from that era.  A good example is Torquethrust 
> wheels.  They never went out of production.  OR Anson aluminum slotted 
> wheels.  These came back into production for this very example.
> Now, the problem is that most judges don't bother to check the 
> authenticity of these items.  They just note them.
> All of this is why correctly restored cars get beat by the modified cars.
> Any decent car show will give the 'day two-s' their own category.  Many 
> (most) do not.
> So- I just don't show my cars....and it appears many of you don't either.
> This really is ashame.
> Why? because, again as someone else noted, you can now go to shows and 
> see nothing but the day 2's.
> Soon enough everyone is going to forget what the original cars looked 
> like because no one brings them out anymore.
> 
> Personally, I go to the Nats every year.  I have since 1989.  I showed 
> my Chargers there until 1996.  That's when I saw the trend appear.  I 
> wouldn't pay the money now (or lets face it 19 gallons of 94 octane aint 
> cheap, and I would burn 4-5 tanks in a weekend) to take one of my cars 
> to this show.  Not to be stuck in the middle of a huge dusty field and 
> have people pass the car over simply because it ISN'T modified.
> Now- on a positive note-
> I did see some very nice FWLK cars there this year.  A 60 and 61 300 
> letter series cars most notable.  Beautifully restored or just original 
> I don't know.
> BOTH stuck in the middle of that damn field.  At least the 61 was near 
> the Dodge test drive area so you had to pass it on the test drive route, 
> but a crying shame that two such beautiful cars weren't even given their 
> own areas.  This is on top of a couple belvederes, a coronet, a couple 
> desotos and the 413 cross ram powered 61 Dodge Seneca? that was the 
> topic of discussion here not long ago.  The people who run the Nats have 
> no idea how to 'run the nats' if you get my meaning!
> 
> Anyway,
> Sorry for the rambling,
> Charles.
> 
> 
> Jimmy Johns wrote:
> 
> > This is my 2 pennys as some of you have seen my 67 Coronet 440 at the 
> > Tulsa show it has had the sides and hood touched up the underside and 
> > interior are as factory as they come and all my chrome is original 
> > drip lines and all. I have just recently replaced the original plug 
> > wires,lower radiator hose, and belts these were all original with 
> > MoPar #'s. I was told that due to the paint work that my car is no 
> > longer considered a survivor, this is why I will not return to those 
> > joke nationals in ohio among a few other reasons. Oh I do believe the 
> > grille has been replaced some where along the cars life it has only 
> > 49K on it after the T-Town trip and like many of you I enjoy the heck 
> > out of my cars. Even my customized 59 Custom Royal with that big block 
> > MoPower. And as far as Neil's knowledge of the FWLK MoP's there is no 
> > one more with it, and he can prove it to.
> >  
> > Jimmy
> >
> >
> >
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