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Those standards are extremely lax in my opinion. I don't believe many here would call cars in that category "unrestored"!
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You may call these standards LAX however if we(camaro collectors) had these standards in place with awards for them there would be fewer restored cars and we would have a better understanding of the actual workmanship and how more things changed during production runs...
It's really our LOSS and is a shame because they had them in place 20 years ago...
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Amen! Although, I don't know why it takes prizes or rewards to get someone to leave a good original car alone. Personally, I get much more satisfaction looking at a real unrestored car with lots of patina than a restored car. Likewise, I'd pay more money for a car in its faded original paint than the same car with shiny new paint.
IMHO, original paint and finishes are a must for a survivor... particularly details like stripes, splatter paint, original underhood finishes, underside finishes, etc. Original interiors are nice, but these cars are meant to be driven and shown off... so I don't blame an owner for making it comfortable. I'm not hung-up on matching numbers, as long as the car still sports the correct drivetrain - again, original remnants of flaked-off chevy orange beats a freshly painted block if its being represented as a survivor.