From: "Jeff Barfield" <jrbarfield@xxxxxxxxxxx> "But my Javelin and Spirit both have custom interiors and B.F Goodrich Radial T/As, this alone makes them non-stock. My Javelin also has an open chrome air cleaner and chrome dip stick, AMC never did that and that is right on the engine. My Javelin also has AM/FM Cassette stereo, AMC never did that either. Even though I used AMC parts and it may look factory, a Javelin never came with cruise control either. I don't loose points at shows because of these things." In a non-stock category, I can see why no points would be lost. If the car is in the 'stock/original' category, then- in the strictest terms, points should be lost. How fair is it to the guy who has spent time and money hunting exactly-correct NOS pieces for his car to be in a points fight with a guy running all NAPA repop parts? But with as few AMCs left as there are, the field would thin considerably if every 'stock' car wearing modern tires and belts was judged 'accurately'. The last show I attended, I was shocked to see the MANY incorrect items on cars in the 'stock' category. I saw hitch holes left in bumpers, grossly inaccurate repro emissions decals, and of course, Radial T/As everywhere. If a guy showed up wearing correct vintage PolyGlas tires, should his car not have been considered more correct when it clearly was? "I don't understand why it is so different if you put a different make engine in the car. You still have to make it look like it belongs there, to get all of the points." Huh?? What class is that in? This sounds like a 'Street-modified' class. We all know a 350 never came in a Gremlin, so how would you make it look 'like it belongs there'? If you mean 'it could have looked like this if AMC had used them', then that's still 'customized', not stock, and it should be judged accordingly. "In my small mind, that would be more difficult than making an engine that does belong there, look like it belongs there." So, you awake from surgery to find the doctor has re-attached your arm to your forehead....which is considerably more difficult than putting it back on your shoulder. You'd give extra credit for originality?? :) "My final point on the non-AMC engines is, when you see that car driving down the road or driving on to the show field, what do you see? I see an AMC! I may be disappointed when the owner pops the hood, but I would be more disappointed to have never seen the car." But like you just said...you're disappointed...thus, you automatically have seen it as something less. That's what we're saying should happen in judging. John