Fw: Eurofest and Concours

["Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxx>]

Mary, James, Mike - Andy--- Come on you lot..Are you going to have a
go? A one off opportunity.

Chris P

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Espey" <james@xxxx>
To: <chrisparnham@xxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: Eurofest and Concours


> Chris -
>
> As of right now, you are the only RHD competitor in concours, and Stephen
> and I had really hoped to have 3 RHD and 3 LHD so they could each have
their
> own class. You seem to have your finger on the pulse of all the RHD cars
> known to exist, any chance you could wrestle two more to join you?
>
> I've been having preliminary discussions with the judges about how to
> "treat" the RHD cars, with the key point being that most (if not all) of
the
> factory authorized RHD conversions were assigned VINs in the 12XXX range
> (technically making them 82's), but Stephen says that they appear to be
very
> early production cars. That would appear to make them lose points on many
on
> the VIN-sensitive areas (carpet types, radio, console clocks, coin trays,
> wheel colors and antenna configurations are a few that come to mind).
>
> I know that you have a very nice car, and I don't want to you to be
> 'screwed' because of the way the rules are written, nor do I want to have
> the other competitors feel that your car is treated any differently.
>
> Again, ideally, I'd like to see two more RHD cars in the competition, and
> anything that you can do to encourage some of the other RHD guys to sign
up
> would be appreciated...
>
> Let me know your thoughts - thanks!
>
> James
>