Tim,
This is a must attend event if you are serious about your Concours preparations.
It is worth the petrol, the entry fee and much more.
I agree with Michel.
Concours still has me a little baffled and there's only one sub-category to which I'd give the majority of the credit.... >20YO, one owner, unrestored.
If it's just taken a bucket-load of cash to get a vehicle into it's current condition, then I'm not that impressed. Particularly where a vehicle is bought in pristine condition and the new owner takes credit for the original owner's hard work and care.
Not to detract from anyone's efforts, but a vehicle that's had far more money spent on it than what it's worth isn't a lot better, because all it highlights is that the owner has a heap of money. And for all we know the money was inherited and not earned through hard work....
However, I believe those people who've found a run-down vehicle and have brought them back to life through their own blood, sweat n tears, deserve more credit than any other. But it's unlikely these vehicles could ever qualify for concours because their history is often fragmented at best, or worse; completely unknown.....