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The Vette guys are a little lax in my opinion. ALL original paint and interior is important to me. Certain maintenance is necessary and does not always let the original 40 year old stuff hang around forever. Hoses,belts,shocks,wires etc. I can live with but one repaint 35 years ago bothers me. How about original paint but somebody cleared it 20 years ago?
Paint to me is the most important.
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The Bloomington Benchmark Award =95%original in all four areas. That is what I am hearing from what most people consider survivor. Bloomington sets the standard for the term survivor and it may seem lax but it embraces many unrestored cars that have some degree of restoration and provides them with recognition. Without the survivor award many cars would have been restored, rather than preserved.
There are very few benchmark car, and they are the holygrail. Lets cut the survivor cars some slack and recognize them as well.
Google "survivor car show" for the definition and standards of survivor