As many know, I am preparing my '67 Sports Purposes Coupe for the Carmel Concours. This is the first concours I have ever entered and while I don't entertain hopes of winning I would really like to avoid making a fool of myself. I understand that the Carmel event differs from PCA shows in that the judges are more concerned with context, build and correctness than finding dirt in unlikely places.
My car is an authentic build using the specs from the Sports Purposes Bulletin published by Porsche in 1968. It has a number of rare and correct rally parts, including:
* NOS performance seats: race bucket for driver & performance sport seat for navigator
* NOS under-carriage skid plates
* NOS H1 headlights
* NOS hood mounted Cibies
* NOS Cibie lens covers
* NOS through-the-grille fog light grilles
* NOS navigator map light
* NOS 911R dead pedal
* NOS 911R 7" wheels on rear
* Deep 6's with hearts on front
* NOS 100 liter fuel tank
* NOS Heuer Rally Master set
* NOS Halda Twinmaster Trip Meter
* Rear wiper
* Hood hold-down straps
* NOS outside temperature gauge
* 5-speed with short gears
* Period correct vintage Dunlop tires
* Factory correct roll bar
* Front mounted oil cooler
* Bosch fog lights
Hopefully those will count for something. Also the paint and bright-work are concours grade.
However, as it's a working car, it has a number of modern mechanical upgrades. The issue of an incorrect fuel pump vs. the correct Bendix in another thread raises a number of concerns regarding mechanical parts. My car is not really a show car, at least high level concours, as it gets used frequently for a number of different driving events. I don't mind spending the time to clean it to a concours level (probably once ) but I worry about the effect that the mechanical upgrades may have on the judging.
For example, a particularly visible upgrade is the cross drilled rotors. It also has brakes from a 3.0 Carrera, and many suspension upgrades. I don't mind changing something small like the rotors, but I'm not interested in major changes as I value the driving more than the showing (don't really know how I got onto this concours slippery slope ). But what I need to decide is where to draw the line. I value the opinion of this group and I'm hoping that you will provide some advice.
Cheers,
JohnA
P.S I should have done this show thing when I had my '60 Super 90 Roadster. I restored it over an eight year period using only original and NOS parts and it was pretty much perfect. Never showed it except I accidentally won the People's Choice award at Emory's one year.