Seeking advice for my first Concourse event

When we show our car we show for fun and to meet other people. if we win something great. My last show I didn't even wash the car before the show. just took a detail spray... ( the car is kept clean though).

We show are luggage on a folding table with a black tablecloth.

The documentation can be on the seats, on a blanket, on a table, whatever makes you comfortable. I leave the documentation pouch on the dash. toolkits I leave in proper position, but they are complete.

Aftermarket floormats are tricky. you lose point(s) either way, so i would leave them in place.

My advice... show for fun. expect nothing. if you win something great.

If you want to go to the next level, ask the judges where you lost points.

remember have fun... that's what it's all about.

 

Hi Mike,

Congrats on your new car! I also have a 328 GTB and have Cavallino and FCA platinums with it. I also have judged 328s in national shows so hopefully I can help.

Cleanliness takes a back seat to originality and condition so yours is probably clean enough. Take out those floor matts! The original ones (which I would bet you have) snap into place. Although there are other ways to do it, place your tools and books in the trunk as a display area. Luggage is nice but no bonus for them.

Also understand local shows may use a different yardstick than national shows ie a beauty contest rather than preservation. You want the car to be as close to when it left the factory as you can down to the cheap valve stem caps. There is no deduction for evidence of use and it looks like your car needs to be driven more! My car scores in the high 90's and has 53,000 miles.

Please let us know how you did and if you have other questions. I bet you will do fine,

Dan

 

The local shows do tend to be less consistent. Sounds like you have a nice car. You may get a new license plate holder from FerrariUK. Yes they did come with the car but they are simple black metal. At the national shows there is no longer a deduction for absence of the holder. Go get some black plastic valve stem covers.

Dan

 

Someone please correct me if im wrong but you were probably somewhat dissapointed with the show because i do not believe it is an event put on by the FCA, but rather the lars anderson (sp) auto museum. At a concours put on by the FCA, and probably FCA-NER in that region you would have a somewhat more proffesional and organized judging process. That being said have fun with you car and go to the shows to meet other owners and see more F-cars. I was at tutto this afternoon, and enjoyed it very much. Perfect weather and lots of great cars.

 

You can get the license plate frame from dealers for $38 or so. I picked one up from Ferrari of Atlanta.

The valve stem covers are easy/cheap to get, as posted above.

Really nice 308s should certainly win that class if they're original/nice. If anything they're not as well-made, and have some obsolete parts, so kudos to those owners.

Keep at it, sounds like you have great car. I took second in an FCA event out here and enjoyed the whole day.

 

Beware of concours events that a particular dealer in your region might sponser....OBVIOUSLY...the award will go to the client that spends the most in that dealers service depn numerous occassions I have seen cars that have been so incorrect and have taken titles over those cars that have been SO correct.
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No big deal on the spelling, but be sure to get the *pronunciation* correct!

http://colet.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/dico1look.pl?strippedhw=concours&btnG=Google+Search

CONCOURS, s. m. [kon-koûr; deux longues.] 1°. Action par laquelle on concourt. Le concours de Dieu avec ses Créatures, du Soleil, des Astres avec les caûses inférieures.

Konkure, not Konkorse.

 

If it's really a Concours and not just a car show, you should read www.fca-se.org/conc_10.htm