This brings up a question for me.
My car came with snowflake wheels. I have 20 spoke's on it now. The 20 spokes were available in 94. Also, I have black seats from a 94 (they were originally grey).
Would these two things be considered modifications at Carlisle? I would still be at only 3 modifications but I'm just curious.
By the way, is there even a 3 mod rule at Carlisle?
If you were to take Mustangs into consideration, they have classes and rules down to ashtray size Just kidding....
By the way, is there even a 3 mod rule at Carlisle?
...Out of something like 86 results, we found that the majority of LM7s have FIVE or more modifications! For LM7s, this meant that you could have aftermarket
wheels
radio
paint
engine
and still be considered stock.
Now.
If I were to go to some regatta or concourse and pronounce the word COUPE as KU-PAY, then having just one modification would make my car modified.
I say, let the membership decide what is stock and what is modified.
In years past modified cars have appeared in stock classes. They have an advantage over stock cars in appearance and usually place in the top three.
If I remember correctly, to be considered stock in the Carlisle rules, the car must have three or fewer modifications and must look stock.
The Carlisle registration does not inspect the cars on entry. You can register a Ford Fiesta as a Lincoln Mark VIII and the registering show staff will not know.
A complaint can be made during the show to the Carlisle staff during the show, and they will come and change the class of the car after inspection.
Possibly, to make things fairer and give guidance to registrants as to what is stock and what is modified, the show registration should have a short checklist as to modifications a car has : engine, suspension, wheels, paint, interior, window tinting.