Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
Ah it takes the joy out of it for anyone but the trophy hunters. You can't have a survivor car and not maintain it. That includes using aftermarket parts where genuine original were no longer available.
I think the totally unused vehicle category and the survivor category have been confused here.
I think some of you (not pointing to you wb, but I just used your post to reply) are missing it a bit.

The cars can be maintained, but my point about my Premier is it has aftermarket shocks, lower balljoints, muffler, radiator, hoses, battery, oil filter, gaskets, cylinder head paint, master cylinder, exhaust manifold studs plus more. These are all items that can be seen to be aftermarket eg the radiator is a genuine GMH replacement but it is not the same as the original, it is a later National Radiators replacement sold by GMH. This is why the 50% rule applies, so that you can get it as right as you can. An example is I got some original paint rocker covers for my HJ off Goat, they aren't perfect but they are factory paint as someone painted the ones on mine when they did the head gaskets.

The intent of the Survivor class (this was copied from the US for the Monaro Nationals) was people were turning up with near mint Corvettes and were being knocked back for factory authentic due to faded paint or missing paint under the bonnet eg master cylinder leak created. Then they'd go an do a nuts and bolts resto on the car to make it right, but destroy its history. Yet this sort of car attracted the most interest by far at car shows, just like they do here. So by creating the Survivor class allowed them to leave the cars warts and all and see them appreciated and most importantly they survive.

Those 3 x Falcons in unique cars wouldn't be considered survivors as they haven't survived in essentially original condition.