Concours Classes

[Guest]

Need sugestions for Buick class breakdowns for the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Concours d'Elegance

[Pete Phillips]

It will be difficult to answer your question, without knowing approximately how many Buicks you are expecting. Do you want three classes or 33, or something in between?

Pete Phillips, BCA #7338

[NTX5467]

As a general rule, you might consider using the platform design breaks to determine the classes instead of arbitrary year model breaks per se (i.e., 1940s, 1950s, 1930s). From there, depending on what shows up, you might also need to make smaller classes for specific year model ranges (i.e., 1955-1958 or similar) or "open" or "closed" car if one class range has many covertibles (open) in addition to sedans/coupes (closed). You might also see what the other major concours events have done in their class breakdowns too. In general, possibly "Brass Era", "Pre-WWII", "Post-WWII", "Roaring '50s", "Modern" (as the default class for 1960s and newer; Maybe "Space Age" for the 1960s?).

Enjoy!

NTX5467

[Guest]

Thanks for your response - we would like to have 3 classes.

Something like 1903-1941, 1946-1966 & 1967-1979.

MIKE

[Guest]

Thanks for your input...this helps!

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Mike

[Guest Skyking]

Mike, it seems you may have way too many years involved for only 3 classes, just my 2-cents.....