Please do not confuse disagreement with disloyalty. Yes, times have changed in almost 50 years, and AACA is still here and still thriving. The booklet measures about 3.5 x 6 inches and contains no more than 20 pages of text in that small format. I just unsuccessfully looked in the garage for a document I set aside (apparently, I set it aside far too well): the AACA Judging Standards booklet I picked up at the 1969 Philadelphia annual meting. As you note, there are guidelines which some judges interpret differently from other judges, as exemplified by some of the early comments in this thread. Matt, I think you are reading far too much into my comment that you somewhat misquoted: I do not seek to indict the totality of the AACA judging standards. To think that AACA judging is properly represented by the comment, "fly crap in the pepper attitude" is quite incorrect. There are several points of possible miscommunication or misunderstanding. The judge who takes the deduction passes the info to the team captain who hands the scores into the chief judge who might be contacted by the op. It's also possible that there was a misunderstanding on this specific deduction. I can't speak for the the corvettes of the '60s, but if it was similar that could cause a deduction, though so long as they didn't ALL come with the bracket I would be more tempted to deduct on the condition of the bumper or sheet metal it was attached too. So in 25 years if someone simply removed the bracket there would be evidence the car came with it if not properly repaired. But for example, on a new car the bracket gets the front bumper cover drilled and then the bracket attached. Some dealers don't bother including them on their orders if their state doesn't require it and they are not near a boarder with a state that does. I don't think they are included at all these daysįrom my Ford days (3 months ago) you could order a front bracket at no charge from the factory or buy one from the parts department after the fact.
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