'71 LT1 Corvette, 8,651 Miles, Amazing

[Crush]

Wonder why it hasn’t sold?

[MosportGreen66]

If this were a Bowtie candidate, it would have sold in seconds at that price. A friend emailed me in May on this car. He passed.

Dan

[Crush]

Originally Posted by MosportGreen66

If this were a Bowtie candidate, it would have sold in seconds at that price. A friend emailed me in May on this car. He passed.

Dan

Not familiar with that expression...” bow tie candidate”? What does it mean?

[MosportGreen66]

Originally Posted by Crush

Not familiar with that expression...” bow tie candidate”? What does it mean?

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

[Crush]

Thank you!

[67since67]

Originally Posted by MosportGreen66

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

If I may add my .02 to Dan's excellent summation, when referring to percentage originality, that applies to determining that a given part or assembly is original to and never having been removed from that specific Corvette. Judges are looking for telltale wrench marks on bolt heads and bolt threads on the back side of the nut indicating it has been removed. A couple examples, the interior judges will be under the car while it is on the lift to check threads on the seat hold down bolts. If it is determined that the intake manifold has been removed, even for something as simple as replacing gaskets, it may be a fail on the mechanical area. Careful cleaning to expose assembly line markings and finishes is good but "fluffing" doesn't cut it.

And as Dan said, after judges scrutiny, the judges from all areas and the team leader as a group must further determine that the Corvette is of historical and educational value.

IIRC, a total of about 325 Corvettes of all model years from 1953 to 1982 have achieved Bowtie. Also, if changes/repairs are done the Bowtie award can be forfeited.

Bill W

[MosportGreen66]

Originally Posted by 67since67

If I may add my .02 to Dan's excellent summation, when referring to percentage originality, that applies to determining that a given part or assembly is original to and never having been removed from that specific Corvette. Judges are looking for telltale wrench marks on bolt heads and bolt threads on the back side of the nut indicating it has been removed. A couple examples, the interior judges will be under the car while it is on the lift to check threads on the seat hold down bolts. If it is determined that the intake manifold has been removed, even for something as simple as replacing gaskets, it may be a fail on the mechanical area. Careful cleaning to expose assembly line markings and finishes is good but "fluffing" doesn't cut it.

And as Dan said, after judges scrutiny, the judges from all areas and the team leader as a group must further determine that the Corvette is of historical and educational value.

IIRC, a total of about 325 Corvettes of all model years from 1953 to 1982 have achieved Bowtie. Also, if changes/repairs are done the Bowtie award can be forfeited.

Bill W

Spot on Bill... thanks for that. Have you been through this before... lol...

Dan