In a message dated 12/24/03 12:52:40 PM, bikecg@att.net writes:
>This issue of originality and period correct nags me some. (And by the
>way, I'm not a proponent of either.) To each is own. If you competed a 1935
>Packard with a 350 Chevy engine at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance,
>just because it's easier to work on and Chevys sound cool, you would be
>laughed off, or shot on, the grounds. And/or you would be a candidate
>for a Modified class or participants choice/non-judged (if Pebble Beach even
>has those classes, I doubt it.)
Well, you picked a poor example. You're absolutely right about the Packard/Chevy but the Stovebolt got 2nd in class for Road Race Specials this year at Pebble Beach to the Eliminator, a hot rod style car that was a big race winner in the 50s and is owned now by the writer Brock Yates. Saw tha tone too but, again, not in San Rafael, Calif.,