Matt, AMO at there national meet does concours judging, not sure about AMCRC. NAMDRA does what you probably call "Show & Shine" judging and the reason we do this is because we feel that there are just not enough people out there who could properly judge a car on originality, true restoration, etc., etc. On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:48:04 -0500 Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> writes: > I'd like to see restoration guides as well but to do those justice, > you'd > have to focus on a particular car and probably even have to break > things > down by body style since there are some major changes that happened > over > the years. Outside of the "glory cars" (and Jeep), there aren't > many > models that would support the effort required. Met's might but I'm > not sure > what else would. > > Also, how many shows are there where AMC's are judged on how > accurately > they're restored? AMCRC doesn't do this type of judging (unless the > > national events are different than the regionals). I know the one > AMO > regional I attend regularly doesn't. Both of these club regionals > are more > show and shine type judging and you hardly need a restoration guide > to make > a car look nice. Unless there is more competitive judging at more > shows, I > just don't see the demand. Of course, you also have the problem that > it's > tough to get people to volunteer to judge at shows which makes it > difficult > to do the type of judging that would drive demand for a restoration > guide. > > Matt > > At 07:25 PM 12/8/2005 -0500, you wrote: > >Do a restoration handbook with a basic AMC background history. A do > it > >yourself book for dummies like me. You know "AMC Restoration for > Dummies" > > > >Jay in FL. > > mhaas@xxxxxxx > Cincinnati, OH > http://www.mattsoldcars.com > 1967 Rambler American wagon > 1968 Rambler American sedan > =============================================================== > According to a February survey of Internet holdouts released by > UCLA's Center for Communication Policy, people cite > not having a computer as the No. 1 reason they won't go online. > > > > > > > > Jock Jocewicz - President/Editor NAMDRA NAMDRA@xxxxxxxx 8537 Antioch Rd., Salem, WI 53168 (262) 843-4326 JOIN NAMDRA, the best AMC club around!!! '06 AMC NATIONALS - Date & Location to be announced - Be There!!! AMO#19, NAMDRA#46, AMCRC#974, NHRA#41915, IHRA#6766