Hey Ron, yes 100% too factory style paint, it's getting very popular over here also. Modern paint looks very nice but it does not look anything like original, these cars never looked like this ever. worth extra points for sure but not a rule ...

Not allowing the use of reproduction parts is a bad move, good used or NOS parts are getting harder and harder to find and as such can be very expensive and out of reach of the average guy ...

Matching numbers? I'm each way on this one, both my cars are matching and it's nice that they are, but I'm not sure it matters all that much, definitely worth more points but it should not be a rule used to exclude others ... One thing is for sure, if so called expert top quality judges get what arguably seemed to be a totally wrong judgement on a car like Ivans then introducing more rules is only going to confuse them even more ...

Rules that are worth an extra point or two are fine but having to many rules especially those that take others out of the game is bad business, you will reduce the amount of guys willing to show their cars and that will kill the sport of it all ...