<VV> Rich Thompson's Spyder & Concours Question

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi Russ,

You need to go to a CORSA Concours :-)

The short answer is - judging in CORSA is just that, they look at the 
quality of the vehicle, nothing else.  You can bring a full blown race 
car (and a few folks have) and compete in Concours.  The piece you're 
thinking of is "classification" in CORSA parlance.  There are several 
classes, and in Factory Stock these items certainly do matter.  I 
suggest you go to the CORSA website and grab a copy of the rules.  
Suffice it to say, if it has a Corvair engine or body, then you can 
enter it in the Concours at a CORSA event.  That's not at all to take 
away from the folks who restore to completely stock, as delivered, 
there are plenty of those too.
--
Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/
   Corvairs: '61 Lakewood, '64 Greenbrier, '65 Corsa, '66 Corsa
   '69 Road Runner, '97 Ford F-150, '99 Neon R/T
"Why do something if you're not going to obsess about it?"

On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Russ Moorhouse wrote:

> So, am I right in assuming, that concours judging, has nothing to do 
> with the cars build tags?  If that being the case, how far can you 
> deviate from stock in the way of paint and interior schemes?  For 
> instance in my case, could I use a different dark metallic green, than 
> original and then use a white interior, with matching exterior paint 
> to the interior metal panels (I hate the gold it is now), which wasn't 
> originally offered?  Does having the original drive train count for 
> anything?