Having a concours can only help legitimize the car. All of the major clubs and car Marques have them and it can only help to raise the values of the cars. Irrespective of the disagrements about the rules it will make the cars more appealing to collecters as a standard to judge the cars against. As the top cars go up in value so will all that are in "good" condition, the trickle down effect. Also some people like to participate in that manner just as some like to have road rallys. There are many different levels of enjoyment to these cars and some people prefer to have a concours. It is no small investment in money and time to even be able to compete.In Cleavland they were trying for 15 concours cars to judge got 6 and only 4 were real contenders. The effort put into judging them was intense not just in examining the cars but in tabulating and everything else. Remember the judges were all volunteers who spent most of the day doing it with no time to enjoy the show for very little thanks. DMC houston also had expenses with preparing the judging manual, the time spent helping the judges, phone calls, mailings, etc. I think instead of picking the concours apart for it's faults more people should get involved to help improve it and maybe help judge. David Teitelbaum vin 10757