Well I tied for first place in the 200 point Heartbeat judged class 82-92 Camaro convertible.

would i have had a chance?

In the heartbeat class....not really. Now under the spectator judged probably. I'm going to get my judging sheet from the judges to see what they counted off. I know they opened all of the doors, checked the trunk, and I know the rust on the suspension killed my total points.

Well, I made it through the Nationals Legends class judging. Out of a possible 5,000 points, I received 4,545, or 90.9%. The judges spent several hours on each car (about 20 of them), including a significant amount of time on a lift. Each judge had a flashlight to examine everything closely. I received a plaque and will be receiving (via email) a detailed list of deficiencies and points deducted for each. I would bet the list contains 40 or so items. Here are three items I know are on the list:

1. Paint. My car has clear coat. In 1969, they didn't use clear coat. No chance I will repaint it.
2. Glass. The car has generic replacement glass. I MAY replace the glass with correct, date coded glass, but that's a risky proposition.
3. Vaccuum line clamps have rounded edges, instead of square edges as would have come from the factory.

Just a few examples to give you a sense of the range of deductions.

All 1st year entrants were within 1% of each other.

You get two more years to come back and show improvements. If you achieve 96% or better, your car is declared a Heritage restoration, a coveted recognition.

Wow John..I didnt realize they judged in that detail! Thats insane about the clamps.

My car would fail horribly in that kind of judging, I found out that the body shop never finished putting the stock front bumper on my car,

I think you should have gotten extra points for them not replacing the air cleaner John. They didn't finish with judging until 2pm Sunday. To say they were nitpicking every bolt was an understatement.