Judging

Well, if the stated goal of judging is "as produced
new by Studebaker, no better or worse", then what happens if I rev up
my time machine, go back to 1955 and buy a brand new Speedster right
off the showroom floor, and haul back to the future, and drive it 400
miles to the SDC National in Spokane?

It's going to have dust on the frame, I guarantee you. Heck, they
probably accumulated dust on the frame going down the line in the
plant.

What we need for judging is reasonable standard of cleanliness, not an
UN-reasonable standard.

Anybody want to try to set some rules to define a reasonable standard
of cleanliness? Perhaps if we could reach some kind of consensus here,
we could pass a write-up on to the new chief judge for consideration.

Gord Richmond

 >Anybody want to try to set some rules to define a reasonable standard
 >of cleanliness? Perhaps if we could reach some kind of consensus here,
 >we could pass a write-up on to the new chief judge for consideration.

I think the first thing anyone should do is to look thru the books on
Studebaker and look at the factory photos, I mean seriously look at them. Of
the many 50-52 cars shown in the compendium book shows that the hods did not
fit correctly in the back at the cowl, they stick up. Looking down the last
photo in the book is a line of 47's Cmdrs on one side, Champs on the other,
none of th e hoods, especially on the Cmdr line fit the same.

I am quite sure there were recomended methods as to the placement of wires,
routing of hoses etc, but I am quite sure that there were guys on the line who
felt they knew better and moved a hose over to there, or under this gizomo to
make it easier to work on that.

You keep mentioning as was, not better, then how can you seriously allow a car
with a $3000 to $10000 paint job using modern coatings to be entered into the
"stock" class. Does anyone really remember what an old enamel paint job really
looked like?

I still have yet to have heard a definitive statement as weither trunk
interiors and the underside of trunk lids were painted griege or body color.

Before we go through re-writing the methods of judging, we seriously need to
look at or state certain acceptble guidelines. When we show a car should it not
be re-built to the factory build sheet? If the car did not have twin rear
antennas when built, then points off if it show up with them on. If the car
was puss green from the plant, then it has to be puss green at the end of
restoration.

Maybe that might be a bit too intense, but if the judges are demanding accuracy
then bringing the car back to its original colors makes the car correct.

Does anyone remember the Speedster at Keene NH? Maybe Studebaker turned out one
or two cars like that for display at car shows or special press events, but
surely, now speedster ever came off a carrier or was delivered to a dealer in
that condition.

BG