Has the PGCA ever considered establishing an industry standard for evaluating Parkers? I think it would be a great benefit. Collector cars have these standards. Some as simple as a scale of 1 to 5. Others are model specific and the guidelines go into great detail. When I was a national NCRS and Bloomington Gold judge, we got down to looking at nuts and washers in evaluating originality and condition.
The Blue Book and NRA do this generally, but too generally in my view to have any real value. The guidelines of many of the model specific car organizations have now become the national standards for those cars. The only thing anyone pays attention to.
For example, these standards could break a Parker down to stocks, frame and barrels and provide guidelines on how to evaluate originality and condition. Not only would this aid in determining condition and value, but when a Parker is a survivor and when it is a candidate for restoration.
Of course, you'll never have guidelines everyone would agree upon. But many of us now don't agree with the say the Blue Book or other sources of such info. However, the PGCA collectively knows more about Parkers than any other organization and could through consensus provide the best available guidelines for determining such things.
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