See Below. --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mike.griese@xxxx wrote: > Marc - the process DMCH uses is not very different than > how the Mustang Club of America or the National Corvette > Restorers Society run their concours events. The > judges have a book based on the best information > available about the particular vintage of cars. > Early Mustangs are particularly difficult to judge > given the number of options available and the fact > that most option packages did not have any correlation > to the VIN. There are 110% of the total number of > 1965 Mustang GTs on the road today because of the > ease of adding the options. And there is no way to > tell if the car was originally built that way. And > you want to talk about picky? Just wait until you > lose points at an NCRS judging because the OK stamp > on your rocker cover is "too crisp". There is not a whole heck of a lot of forgery in the DeLorean world. Unless you have a specific rare car (Gold, Legend, famous owner, and so on) I have my doubts that swapping factory options on any DeLorean (Transmission, interior color, what else is there?!) will alter the price. Making a regular mustang in to a GT will. This is a bad comparison.. FWIW, my 1966 mustang convertible with a 200cid and bench seat is how it came from the factory although it is not the same color. :) > If someone finds a documented original car - single > owner, low mileage, documented service history, etc., > the MCA and NCRS change their judging books. I would > imagine that if someone had a DeLorean like that, DMCH > would change their judging criteria, too. They just > need to know about it. This was done, specifically with a few samples of 1983 DeLoreans with 1981 exhaust systems. I recall one of these cars loosing first place because of this single item. > Your advice to buy a driver if you want to drive it > and a winner if you want trophies fits any marque of car. > DeLoreans are not unique in that respect. > > -- Note to Everyone: My first message took exactly 48 hours from the time I sent it, to the time it got posted. As soon as I saw it was posted (last night), I sent a follow up saying that I wrote that without the knowledge of the new "judging team". That post has not made it through yet (even though I see others sent after mine have). I am guessing this is a problem with Yahoo because I also see messages on the web that I have not gotten in E-Mail yet. (Not picking on the moderator). Just a FYI. To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/