HPOF...Dealer options

[VaCat33]

Hello

 

i recently acquired a 1972 Datsun 240z. It is a pretty original car and I thought I would try the HPOF class. I am new to this class and I had a question about dealer options...specifically wheels.

 

My car was delivered new with after-market American Racing wheels. The wheels were added by the original selling dealer as part of the original sale and are clearly listed on the original dealer invoice, which I have.

 

My question...

Would these wheels be subject to a deduction? 
 

I have correct factory steel wheels and hubcaps which I have recently procured. Would those wheels be subject to a deduction, since there is no record they were ever on the car when it drove off the dealer’s lot?
 

Thanks

Jim

[Restorer32]

There would be a deduction unless you have documentation showing that the wheels were factory authorized for your car.  Dealers often sold and installed after market parts to sell the car but this does not mean they were factory authorized.

[VaCat33]

So my follow on question...

 

would there be a deduction if I put on correct factory wheels and hubcaps...even though they were never on the car from day one?

 

Thanks

 

Jim

[61polara]

There would be no deduction for factory wheels and hubcaps even if they were not delivered on the car.  There could still be deductions for condition of these items.  Correction, in HPOF there is no deduction for condition unless it is unusable.

Edited April 25, 2021 by 61polara (see edit history)

[VaCat33]

Thanks. I have correct wheels and caps, so come fall, I think I will give the HPOF class a shot.

[AnniesSS]

Welcome!

Why wait for Fall?!  There are plenty of other shows coming up - NY, IN, SC  

 

[ted sweet]

any follow up

[61polara]

There was a 1972 Datsun 240Z at Hershey this past year that received its HPOF certification.  Chances are that it was Jim's car.