[SCG] SCG evaluation

[airvair]

All,

A thought just crossed my mind, something I figured I'd share with the
group before the thought passes.

In our evaluation "scoring" we should be judging only two quantities,
stockness and originality (perfection and quality, of course, being left
to concours). Our "scoring" should assign a percentage point to every
item and aspect of the car, right down to the last fastener, and add up
to a total in each of the two quantities of 100.00%. I realize that this
idea may be too late to make a difference in how we conduct this year's
scoring, but I offer this FWIW.

A car that is mostly original will score high in both quantities, but a
pavement-up resto will score little if any on originality. Certainly
things like instrument faces will often be used as delivered, rather
than being refinished or restored. And we should not bar any car from an
evaluation (even my infamous '69 Corsa.) Our purpose is solely to judge
how close a car is to factory stock in its components and those parts'
originality, and not to pass judgement on "political correctness."

Thus each car will receive two scores, one on originality and one on
stockness. Of course, neither will entitle anyone to any "award" but
rather only the personal satisfaction of coming as close to 100% as
possible. THAT should be our message, and our purpose, in SCG
evaluations.

-Mark Corbin