[Big Block Bill]

Pete,

I believe the car you are talking about was an un-restored, all original, 1967 Marlboro Maroon 427 Coupe? David Burroughs used to Trade Mark the term "Survivor" with the US Patent office back in 1989. Survivor judging started in 1990. Tim McKeon, Herm Rosemann, and I all had cars judged that year passing all the criteria for Survivor and Bloomington Gold status that same year. That's when David decided to recognize those cars that were un-restored but still able to pass the restored test of Gold @ 95% or better than factory built, thus creating the "Benchmark" award in 1991. I saw so many cars that prior to that had been restored, chasing the Gold Certification award. We lost too many times capsules we all could have learned from.

Bill