[Peter]

They won't judge your cars because you guys do restorations right and use GM parts where ever possible rather than the repro parts made by the sponsors. If they judged your cars then you would win and it would look bad for their buisness. I have bought a couple repro parts from the sponsors mentioned and they all have been bad from chrome to rubber. Can't understand how the original part can last thirty years but the repro rubber can only last a few months on a car that is garaged and doesn't see the weather that the original part endured, and I live in MA. Some chrome is good but the metal underneath is wavy and cheap (one of my Trim Part door handles) They wouldn't exchange it because it wasn't considered defective enough. The original is back on. Paint flakes off emblems. Technology has come a long way in thirty years but it seems the repro companies use the technology to make parts as cheap as possible to make as much money as possible rather than make a decent part that will last. I would definately pay more for a better quality product. Sorry to get off the subject here but I had to vent, its very frustrating. How can you really judge a car restored using as much GM parts as possible against a car thats using as much repro parts as possible anyway? There isn't much repro that looks or fits like original. Not that the GM parts are all they are cracked up to be but at least its GM. Some repro may last on a show car but the real test comes when you install the parts on a daily driver that see's all kind of weather like the original cars did thirty years ago. I have seen many problems.