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Originally Posted by Crush
Not familiar with that expression...” bow tie candidate”? What does it mean?
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The NCRS Bowtie is widely regarded as the ultimate award for unrestored Corvettes. Not only do the cars need to retain 90% or so originality in interior, exterior, chassis and mechanical areas, the judges and national team leader must vote on the car's originality to ensure educational value.
It is rigorous and exhausting. The judging can take several hours. If the car scores well in any specific of the above but not all areas, it is awarded a "Star Award" in that specific area. If a Corvette is preserved and educational enough to achieve an award in all four areas, then it is considered to be a "Bowtie" car. A Corvette can only go to Bowtie/Star judging once. Prerequisite is a Flight judging experience at a Regional event or National event where all judges must make an endorsement for the car to continue on for Bowtie/Star. Judging sheets are not provided to the owner. Judging happens at National events only.
There are many exceptional survivor Corvettes that cannot pass Bowtie judging. This LT1 maybe one of them.
Dan