Re: AOMCI registrations

[20mercman]

quote Richard A. White:

The conundrum, is this… with rolling years, without truly separating the real antiques, and I mean the current 100 year old motors and such, you would end up with a 1960 Johnson being judged against a 1913 Evinrude, and with rolling years they would both be called "antique"

What I think is missed here, is these dates are for club purposes and judging at meets, so we DON"T have a 1960 Evinrude being judged beside a 1913 Evinrude for best original antique. But it seems some get frustrated because autos are considered antique after just 25 years. So using that criteria you would have your 1993 Johnson being judged with a 1913 Evinrude for all things antique…

Think about that for a minute… I understand the frustration, but as a club do we want a 1993 being judged as an antique against a 1913, or even a 1930…. the two motors almost no similarities……

It is a slippery slope indeed… Just trying to clarify what would happen if the club decides to roll the dates…. on the other hand, maybe pre-1950 should be considered Pre-Antique, then 1950- (set rolling date) be newly crowned "Antique"..

hmmmmm

Richard, if you looked at my post with the 5 categories, you would see that you would never judge a 1913 Evinrude vs. a 1993 6hp. The classes I laid out are closely aligned with the what Gary was saying. All I want to express is that the club is now more than 50 years old, The motors that they considered antique at that time were only 15 years old. A 50 year old motor in 1965 was a 1915 rowboat motor. Just something to think about, not wanting to create drama, but things do change over time.

Steve