[SCG] SCG-list Digest, Vol 48, Issue 16

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Mark, 



I agree. From years (many) past, I have found that no matter what condition your car is in, by the time it arrives at the convention, it needs to be re-cleaned and detailed. There may be the last minute items that one forgot at home or an item you suddenly realize is incorrect that need to be remedied before classification.  Having to climb out of a vehicle and get right into the Concours is rough sometimes. Having to frantically search the vendors for a correct part can be too time consuming.  I like Mark's idea of a kind of "get prepared" day to help people with information they need. The idea behind that is not for the experienced competitor, but for the folks who would like to compete, but lack the information of what it takes to do so.  



The SCG has started to become a recognized resource for the many folks out there that are first or finally feeling the interest in FSR or Original cars and competition.  My 40 years old son has started preaching "Stock" to me and his other Corvair buddy. We are currently doing his buddies car. It is in my rotisserie. My son talked his buddy out of putting a Fiero tilt column in the car because it was not stock. Instead of air bags, we put the stock springs back in the car. Needless to say, I was impressed. This is all due to my son looking and listening at the past few conventions and reading this forum. 



I encourage the BOD to look at moving the Concours off of the first part of the convention as Mark suggested.  Back in the early days of CORSA, the Concours was the main event. We were like many other clubs where the convention centered around that key event.  I was on the BOD in the mid-late 70's and an awful lot of our meeting time had to do with Concours. We have become a family type event now with something to do for everyone. That is great as my wife looks forward to the convention every year. But, in my opinion, we need to get people to understand that this event is the cornerstone of most every car convention out there. 



Thanks for listening to an old Corvair lover's ramblings. Keep up the good work. I love the SCG group! 



Bob Johnston 

Minnesota 

CORSA since '72 







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I think that having the concours the first convention activity out of the 
gate contributes to this problem. There is a rush to get cars classified, 
so that the concours can happen on-schedule. Unfortunately, with the 
current format, this is unavoidable. 

Perhaps what we need is to make the convention's "first" day activity a 
"how to get your car into Stock class" day. It would be part seminar, part 
tech session, and part pre-classification session. The emphasis would be 
not on finalizing classification, but rather, on throroughly going over 
each car in an effort to find AND CORRECT any item(s) that would keep it 
out of Stock class. It would also be an opportunity, after all efforts were 
spent on bringing each car up to par, to "pre-qualify" each car, so that 
those cars could skip the "formal" classification process. Just this 
feature alone may encourage participation. Plus it may also serve as the 
SCG Event day, for those who's cars aren't even going to be in the actual 
concours. (The SCG meeting would be held later in the week and during the 
day, so as to pick up any late-arrivals). 

Any thoughts anyone? 

-Mark