Entering 3 Black MB vehicles in concours!

[AlBoston]

This upcoming weekend I will be in brookline, ma @ the museum of transportation for mercedes day. I will bring the C320 and enter it in a "street" concours judgement. An SL55 and ML500 Brabus that I detail will be there as well. I will be sure to take pics etc. Rules can be found at www.mbca.org. Does anyone have any tips for me

[Lou]

I will comment, I have went through a judging course for MBCA, worked a few events. And, best of all, entered my car for the first time a month ago and placed second, thanks to all the great tips from this site.

MBCA has a copy of the judging form on the web site. The form lists all of items which a judging team will inspect. That is key, print out a copy, inspect your car, and be critical as a judge would.

The scoring system is important. For each item on the form, a certain number of points are given. 1/2 for authenticity, 1/4 for condition, and 1/4 for cleanliness. Inspect accordingly.

Search Autopia on MB concours, you should find threads with more specific details. Any specific questions?

Lou

[JB in Irvine]

Wow...I read those MB rules.

A lot of extra points for older cars and higher mileage. Basically it means if you own a late model car, forget about entering...you have no chance.

[Lynn]

WOW! THREE cars entered?? You must be a serious detailin' fool! Be sure and let us know how the weekend goes.

JB, I haven't read the MB rules. But in the Jaguar club, cars are in different classes depending on the model and age, so late-model cars aren't competing against the old classics. That feels pretty fair to me.

[JB in Irvine]

Well with Porsche its basically the same. My Class is Street-7 which is Boxsters only.

However the real trophy to win is the Best of Street, so you are up against all Street cars (Street-1 thru Street-10).

If age and mileage were taken into account then, it would be impossible to win the overall trophy with a late model car.

I would be up against 100% restored garage queen 356's. I could have a virtually perfect preparation on my daily driver Boxster and still lose.

[milani]

The classes in MBCA are as follows:


GROUP 1 VINTAGE
Class 1 Pre 1945
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GROUP 2 CLASSIC
Class 2 Sedans W 120, 121, 128, 136, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191
Class 3 Coupes/Convertibles W 120, 128, 186, 187, 188, 189
Class 4 SL's W 121, 198
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GROUP 3 GRAND MERCEDES 600
Class 5 600 Limousine W 100
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GROUP 4 EARLY MODERN
Class 6 Sedans W 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115
Class 7 Coupes/Convertibles W 107, 111, 112, 114
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GROUP 5 MODERN
Class 8 Sedans/Station Wagons W 123, 124, 201
Class 9 Sedans W 116, 126
Class 10 Coupes W 123, 124, 126
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GROUP 6 CONTEMPORARY
Class 11 Coupes/ Roadsters R 129,170,230
Class 12 Sedans/Station Wagons W 202, 203, 210
Class 13 Coupes/Convertibles W 208
Class 14 Sedans/Coupes W 140, 215, 220
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GROUP 7 SPORTS CARS
Class 15 Vintage W 113
Class 16 Modern R 107
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GROUP 8 OFF ROAD
Class 17 M Class W163
Class 18 G Class W463
Class 19 Unimogs
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GROUP 9 DISPLAY CLASS
Class 20 Any Mercedes-Benz model and year, not judged and no points earned
For MBUSA Award.