Re: Re bowtie
Have someone who really, really knows the Bowtie judging system take a look at the car. Part of that is built into the judging system when a potential Bowtie car is brought to a Regional or National for judging. When the car is inspected by the Team Leader and the judges, they discuss whether or not the car might be a Star/Bowtie candidate. When judging this past year, I judged a couple of nice relatively original cars, but I knew that for various reasons they would not get the appropriate Star in the area I happened to judge. The owner is then informed how many areas of the car "sign off" for potential Bowtie, and has the option of bringing the car to a future National meet for Bowtie judging.
It's actually called Star/Bowtie judging. Your car is judged for originality in the areas of Chassis, Mechanical, Interior and Exterior. Each part is reviewed as to whether or not it is possibly the original part installed in St. Louis and whether the piece has a finish that is still valuable enough to provide a lesson to future judges and restorers. If you pass 80-85% in each area, then the judges vote on whether or not to award your car a Star in their judged area. 4 Stars = Bowtie.
So, you can lose the originality of 15% of each area (20% chassis) and still be awarded a Bowtie award. Conversely, you can reach the 85% in an area and not receive the Star if the judges do not deem that area of the car as "educational" and "original" enough. An example would be a repainted car. The paint it self is only one line item (maybe 2-4% of your score by numbers), but such a large part of the exterior that odds are that it would not be awarded the exterior Star.
The common misconception is that EVERYTHING on the car has to be original to be awarded a Bowtie. Not true. Just enough to pass.
Patrick
Have someone who really, really knows the Bowtie judging system take a look at the car. Part of that is built into the judging system when a potential Bowtie car is brought to a Regional or National for judging. When the car is inspected by the Team Leader and the judges, they discuss whether or not the car might be a Star/Bowtie candidate. When judging this past year, I judged a couple of nice relatively original cars, but I knew that for various reasons they would not get the appropriate Star in the area I happened to judge. The owner is then informed how many areas of the car "sign off" for potential Bowtie, and has the option of bringing the car to a future National meet for Bowtie judging.
It's actually called Star/Bowtie judging. Your car is judged for originality in the areas of Chassis, Mechanical, Interior and Exterior. Each part is reviewed as to whether or not it is possibly the original part installed in St. Louis and whether the piece has a finish that is still valuable enough to provide a lesson to future judges and restorers. If you pass 80-85% in each area, then the judges vote on whether or not to award your car a Star in their judged area. 4 Stars = Bowtie.
So, you can lose the originality of 15% of each area (20% chassis) and still be awarded a Bowtie award. Conversely, you can reach the 85% in an area and not receive the Star if the judges do not deem that area of the car as "educational" and "original" enough. An example would be a repainted car. The paint it self is only one line item (maybe 2-4% of your score by numbers), but such a large part of the exterior that odds are that it would not be awarded the exterior Star.
The common misconception is that EVERYTHING on the car has to be original to be awarded a Bowtie. Not true. Just enough to pass.
Patrick
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