<VV> Rich Thompson's Spyder & Concours Question

[Rick Norris]

You do not need to be stock to be in the concours. I have showed my V8 Vair 
many times in the Concour De Elegance and it sure as hell isn't stock! I 
usually score in the high 90's with it. I usually am the only V8 Vair too!

Rick Norris

>I will probably never restore my Corsa to concours standards, even though 
>it would be a good candidate, considering it's long list of original 
>options and it still has it's original engine and transmission, along with 
>paper work to back it up from the original owner.
>
> When I do get around to restoring my car, there were some things I wanted 
> to do, but was concerned it would detract from it's value, should I want 
> to go ahead and go for a concours car.  The major thing was to change the 
> color of the interior to either fawn or white, rather than the saddle, 
> that it is now.  I was under the assumption that concours required it to 
> be restored to what the build tags have on them, but after reading about 
> Rich's car in Hemming Classic Car this month, I see that he changed from a 
> black interior to a red interior.
>
> 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?
>
> This just blew my idea of what concours was about.  Especially when later 
> model cars have build plates that tell you how they were built.
>
> Russ Moorhouse
> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
> Group Corvair Member
> Corsa Member
> Kent Island, MD
>
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