Reply to "Stock or modified"

Definitely modified. It's pretty easy to see the items right off the bat as you mention, wheels, floor mats, seats, paint, bits and pieces. I was asked to be a judge in a show for the European GT class and knew nothing about specifics on some of the cars in the class, but typically if one judge doesn't know the mark they try to put judges together where one person knows the brand and model differences, while another person is just good at looking at detail and condition/restoration of the car. Someone else said it....we looked at a car and if there were non-stock items we'd deduct points, it can also depend on what the class is and how many other cars are there. There are judges that can tell you if a screw isn't stock on some cars...it gets that picky on authenticity. It can go to crazy lengths when showing cars at Pebble Beach type shows where someone spent $100k for a restoration. You can also call the organizer of the show and ask them questions about how picky the class or show is. Some shows are just for fun, and they vary all the way up to Pebble Beach. My suggestion is go have fun, it is what it is...you could go nuts trying to win some of the shows.