Mary, James, Mike - Andy--- Come on you lot..Are you going to have a go? A one off opportunity. Chris P ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Espey" <james@xxxx> To: <chrisparnham@xxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:58 PM Subject: Eurofest and Concours > Chris - > > As of right now, you are the only RHD competitor in concours, and Stephen > and I had really hoped to have 3 RHD and 3 LHD so they could each have their > own class. You seem to have your finger on the pulse of all the RHD cars > known to exist, any chance you could wrestle two more to join you? > > I've been having preliminary discussions with the judges about how to > "treat" the RHD cars, with the key point being that most (if not all) of the > factory authorized RHD conversions were assigned VINs in the 12XXX range > (technically making them 82's), but Stephen says that they appear to be very > early production cars. That would appear to make them lose points on many on > the VIN-sensitive areas (carpet types, radio, console clocks, coin trays, > wheel colors and antenna configurations are a few that come to mind). > > I know that you have a very nice car, and I don't want to you to be > 'screwed' because of the way the rules are written, nor do I want to have > the other competitors feel that your car is treated any differently. > > Again, ideally, I'd like to see two more RHD cars in the competition, and > anything that you can do to encourage some of the other RHD guys to sign up > would be appreciated... > > Let me know your thoughts - thanks! > > James >