1965 Dodge Dart Charger

Martythetrimmer said

at least you got to know what the points were deducted for, will be interesting to see the next points alotted...here in Australia only the top 10 cars who's owners know the judges get that kind of information...if your cars is close to getting there they will tell you nothing...knowing why gives everybody the chance to improve their car, isn't improvement what it's all about!!

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The goal for me during the restoration was to recreate history. I wanted the car to be just the way it was when it rolled off the assembly line.

I must say that after attended the shows at Chrysler at Carlisle, Mopar Nationals and MCACN the judges has been very helpful. From the judges perspective they shall judge the restoration so it is not overrestored. They need to have great experience and a big know-how on how cars was assembled back in the days. Remember that all stations on a line has a certain amount of time for each process. Mounting front windshield = 5 minutes. That gives an idea how much time the assembly line workers had to do a correct job! From that the judges try to see how the car has been restored and if it looks the way it left the factory. If they were not sure they asked on how it looked and how I restored it the way it was. So they were very humble during their work.

Here I must one again say that all the help I have recieved from different FABO members is way more then I could expect. You are a true gold mine!

When I got the sheets from the judges I was satiesfied and felt confident about the process. As you mentioned it is all about improving the restoration on the cars. At the MCACN show we got the sheets on the price ceremony the day after the judging.

One of the head judges, Dave Wise once said that restoring a car is to recreate history! I totally agree on that!