<VV> CORSA blunder

[Dave Keillor]

Stuff like this is just one of the reasons I don't compete in concours even
though I've spent a ton of money on my restoration.  Way too much anal
stuff goes on.  I decided to leave concours to the trailer queens and have
fun driving the wheels off the car.


Dave Keillor

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Bill Hubbell via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> I've never been more embarrassed by this club that by what just happened
> today.  The '63 White Monza Lambrecht car was classified into the Modified
> class for Concours - technically correct due to the incorrect size of his
> whitewall radial tires, but grossly incorrect for what is probably the last
> most perfect factory original car we will ever see again.  Mark Corbin and
> I made a personal appeal to the Concours chair to - just this one time -
> override the rule book and give this car the recognition it deserves, but
> he stood on the letter of the law and refused to reconsider.
>
> Well, he does have the original Firestone 6.50-13 tire in the spare
> location, complete with the two felt pads protecting the metal underneath,
> the molding plugs unmolested.  All the rubber moldings, bumpers, etc are in
> pristine, soft condition, the metal trim shiny bright, even has the drips
> and droops of glue and goop where the factory left them.
>
> You will never see a car in more original and new condition as this one.
> To call it modified because he didn't drive it here on 52 year old bias
> belt tires is insane.
>
> CORSA is insane.
>
>
>
> Bill
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