Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

[Jeffery F.]

First time post on the Discussion Board... I have a '66 Coupe in my sights to purchase that is claimed to have been judged at the National level in 2008. Is there any way to find the judging sheets from that event?

[Don H.]

Re: Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

Jeffery, Welcome to NCRS! You can get the award confirmed for a fee through NCRS but I don't think that includes the sheets. Hopefully they are still with the car. One important question would be how long ago was the judging? I would strongly recommend you have a knowledgeable person inspect the car before purchase. Good luck, Don H.

[Brian D.]

Re: Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

Ideally, sheets and the judging certificate/ribbon should be available for viewing.
As Don mentioned, 2008 was some time ago.
Many cars which judged well in the past can have issues later on, as we learn more about production and revise the manuals.

[Mark F.]

Re: Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

First time post on the Discussion Board... I have a '66 Coupe in my sights to purchase that is claimed to have been judged at the National level in 2008. Is there any way to find the judging sheets from that event?

Hi Jeffrey,

In addition to what Don and Brian say above, it seems very odd to me that a car that went to the National does not have at least copies of the judging sheets in the documentation (let alone the originals).

I would press the seller expressing that you want all available documentation (originals definitely preferred).
If documentation is limited, I would be asking why that is? - or what happened to it?

Good luck on your search and potential purchase!

[Jeffery F.]

Re: Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

Thanks for all the quick responses. Judging sheets on this car may be available from the 2008 National event but not mentioned specifically in the documentation - that's why I wanted to see if there was a proactive way to attain them before purchase. National Top Flight certificate is available as well as TF certificates from earlier Regional and Chapter events and some judging sheets mentioned. Looks legitimate so far. Yes, I am taking a fellow NCRS former judge with me to inspect the car.

[Tim G.]

Re: Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

To be judged at the National level it would have to be judged at a Chapter or Regional level in that owners name. You can't jump directly to a National meet with any car not judged in your name prior to the National. There should be a record of two judging events.

[Harry S.]

Re: Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

In addition to what Tim said, the judging sheets are sent to the owner with the certificate about three weeks after the event. I would not think any judging sheets are copied and held by NCRS. At the Chapter, Regional and National meets I've run we never kept any.

[Gary B.]

Re: Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

Ideally, sheets and the judging certificate/ribbon should be available for viewing.
As Don mentioned, 2008 was some time ago.
Many cars which judged well in the past can have issues later on, as we learn more about production and revise the manuals.

Along those lines, as an imagined scenario, the car might have been judged in 2008 with correct, date-coded shocks, but then the owner installed modern shocks for driving and sold the ‘66 date-coded shocks to recoup some money. So, it’s possible sone high dollar parts from the 2008 time frame have been sold off. There is a rumor that one well-known high-volume resellers did/does this with some of the Corvettes they resold.

Gary

[Jeffery F.]

Re: Newbie: 1966 Coupe Flight Judging Research

Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions. This is the information I needed!