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There is one thing, however, that I feel we should all care about or at the very least consider: the standards in place including the pp who have devoted their time and knowledge to document and share them, deserve our thanks.  Buyers can then decide what to do with it.  Perhaps a bit vauge and obtuse, but you get the point...

I agree, and I thank them (me being one in the Corvette world) for their efforts. However, when it comes to buying a car these days, IMO, there are fewer and fewer people who want to pay for the highest level of perfection and "correctness". "Incorrect" fasteners, rivets, over spray, etc. do not contribute to the driving enjoyment of most of the new buyers of these cars, and most will never have them judged by the gurus who know all things about being "correct", so who cares?

Yes, I see the same kind of angst, frustration, and consternation in my Corvette world these days. The older people, like me, who have been judged, been judges, and taught and experienced in the "correct" way to do things and fixated on "originality" and "correctness" see things that just curl our hair. I judged some cars at our Frisco, Texas NCRS regional meet a couple of weeks ago in our new "Open" Class of judging, where originality and decades of experience and research on a standard of "as delivered from the factory" means absolutely nothing. The old guard was totally confused and some angry about cars not even remotely based on that standard being allowed and winning awards.

Likewise with the current restomod craze, where beat up, trashed out, non-original (and some original) drivetrain cars are having the bodies being yanked off frames and used for a $250K-$350K car, like the iconic '63 SWC, so things like this sell for near $100K these days.

The younger folks not trained, schooled, and experienced in our "all correct, all original" ways are setting up a market these days that focuses more on cars and coffee, and local car shows than organized judging like SAAC and NCRS do. They are proud of their cars and are quite willing to ignore the "correct" way and just enjoy their cars in their own way and pay 6 figures to do it, as they can afford it and most couldn't care less about resale, investment values, etc. We need to get used to it, they are the ones driving the market today, not us.

Excellent, now a choice of where you want to have your car judged.

Now that would be very nice for those of us who are not playing boy racers.

Will it have indoor concours judging?

If you mean the one in Tennessee, it is way too far from nice hotels, restaurants, etc.

The PCA apparently doesn't think so.....

I belong to them too, let's just say they have different "standards" .......

Here is Archway Motors in Baltimore where my 5S230 was delivered, now just a city social services building......

If you mean the one in Tennessee, it is way too far from nice hotels, restaurants, etc.

Pocono and the Kalihari are the place, indoors, and close to all the Yankees.....

MCACN is such a great event, so nice to load up a Reliable carrier with your cars and bring them in, but sadly not this year with 5S230 or others. Have fun!

McPherson College  is an incredible  program . 

Indeed it is, my wife and I support them with scholarship money for kids in this program. And the NCRS Foundation does as well. The best program in the country for this.

Congrats Vern!

Yes, having had this done several times on other restorations, it is just surprising a restorer would forget about or ignore something so simple.

Thanks, yes that is what I had thought too. I guess the restorer was not that careful (or cheap) about replacing this glass.

Thanks Bob, good explanation. I have seen this happen to some other cars I have with long drip sticks, but this one is pretty short. It did tempt me to add oil, until I repositioned it just in case. But I figured since the car was just newly restored and had hardly any miles on it, being more than a quart low was probably not the case.

Another question while you are here, is the rear window on an "S" model made of anything special? There are no stamps or codes on it like all the other windows, and some minor blemishes look funny for a standard glass window. Thanks.