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To me, it signifies that the owner is a member of NCRS, similar to a person putting a AAA, State Farm, KKK, BLM, etc. sticker on their car, nothing more, nothing less. Don't read into it more than it needs to be.
Folks - You have no idea how bad it can get. I recently attended a Porsche judging school. Two very important facts I learned.
1. Porsche events are competitive. Only one car can win. There is no set standard. The purpose of judging is to determine which car is the cleanest. We were told to always check the backside of the brake pedal because most people do not clean and wax the backside of the pedals.
We were also instructed to check for blades of grass in the tire treads.
2. There are no standards for originality. At the national level it is simply a contest to find the cleanest cars. At the annual Porsche Parade the only difference between 1st and 2nd place this past year was a blade of grass on one of the tires.
I would be the first one to admit to NCRS problems - My member number is 365
On the other hand NCRS is still the gold standard for marque judging.
Folks - You have no idea how bad it can get. I recently attended a Porsche judging school. Two very important facts I learned.
1. Porsche events are competitive. Only one car can win. There is no set standard. The purpose of judging is to determine which car is the cleanest. We were told to always check the backside of the brake pedal because most people do not clean and wax the backside of the pedals.
We were also instructed to check for blades of grass in the tire treads.
2. There are no standards for originality. At the national level it is simply a contest to find the cleanest cars. At the annual Porsche Parade the only difference between 1st and 2nd place this past year was a blade of grass on one of the tires.
I would be the first one to admit to NCRS problems - My member number is 365
On the other hand NCRS is still the gold standard for marque judging.
Folks - You have no idea how bad it can get. I recently attended a Porsche judging school. Two very important facts I learned.
1. Porsche events are competitive. Only one car can win. There is no set standard. The purpose of judging is to determine which car is the cleanest. We were told to always check the backside of the brake pedal because most people do not clean and wax the backside of the pedals.
We were also instructed to check for blades of grass in the tire treads.
2. There are no standards for originality. At the national level it is simply a contest to find the cleanest cars. At the annual Porsche Parade the only difference between 1st and 2nd place this past year was a blade of grass on one of the tires.
Most of the hard core outdoor judging events go after pebbles or grass in the tire treads. I learned in the 70's to carry a long, superthin flat head screwdriver in my prep kit to remove all bits from each tire opening.
I judged at Valparaiso one year and in the 80-82 class there were 2 Corvettes that were in a dead heat, and they had a high point system with lots of places for deductions. Stiil had trouble separating the cars. I finally had to pull apart the pleats in the seats with my fingers on each one of the cars and eliminate one for more debris than the other. There wasn't much.
Without these NCRS benchmark cars, we'd have the Corvette Summer vette as a reference for originality. If a classic Corvette is close enough to Top Flight quality, it pays (literally $) to go for it. Especially if it's a survivor and preserved, not restored. Otherwise, it makes perfect sense IMO to do a resto mod or whatever you want it to be. And all of us will still be envied and ignored by the Corvette haters. Regardless, we're all family.
Folks - You have no idea how bad it can get. I recently attended a Porsche judging school. Two very important facts I learned.
1. Porsche events are competitive. Only one car can win. There is no set standard. The purpose of judging is to determine which car is the cleanest. We were told to always check the backside of the brake pedal because most people do not clean and wax the backside of the pedals.
We were also instructed to check for blades of grass in the tire treads.
2. There are no standards for originality. At the national level it is simply a contest to find the cleanest cars. At the annual Porsche Parade the only difference between 1st and 2nd place this past year was a blade of grass on one of the tires.
I would be the first one to admit to NCRS problems - My member number is 365
On the other hand NCRS is still the gold standard for marque judging.
I'll never be going to a car show where they're worried about grass blades in my tire tread... If that's the level of their judging criteria I'll stay home.
There are plenty of close-to-original cars that shouldn't be gutted because they aren't Top Flight or a complete 'survivor'. Pretty biased opinion I'm thinking...
My numbers matching '61 had a non-factory color...should I have just doused it in kerosene and torched it ?
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; 12-25-2016 at 11:02 AM.
Well, at least it was 'build professionally', and 'stuck the eye of George Barris'......If I were trying to sell a car for north of 100k and had the spelling/grammar skill level of a first grader, I'd hire someone to write the copy for me! Car looks well done, though, in all seriousness. Not my style, but well done!
“It’s all about perception, the ability of one not traveling too far off course. We all have a little rebel that surfaces now & then that keeps the fire burning. That’s what guy’s do, constantly testing the waters. It’s all good & entertaining, the ability to walk the fine line between fiction & reality without losing focus is called reality that’s sometime is lost over battles of words or elevating in jumping onto personal pride”.
12-20-2016, 08:46 PM
Regardless, we're all family.
