VCCA Home Forums GENERAL DISCUSSION VCCA Judging Questions 1955 power pack exhaust tips

Going over my judging form from this year’s Northwest Meet and was very impressed with the thoroughness of the judging team. Should be an easy task to get ready for next year’s senior class.

There were a couple minor issues that caught my attention, like the 2 points deducted for not having a radio. During the field entrance check, one of the judging form boxes worth four points is whether, or not your radio/heater/AC/clock are functioning. I have no AC or radio (radio delete) and both heater and clock were working, but 2 points were deducted with a comment, NO RADIO. Maybe this was a miscommunication between the tabulator and the field entrance checker, but even if a radio was present and not working, wouldn’t that be one point out of the four? Also mentioned were incorrect exhaust extensions which I believe are correct for a power pack car. The accessories catalog show a script exhaust deflector as the only exhaust tip, but it is my understanding that the correct tips for the power pack cars were oval and shipped inside the trunk for the dealers to install. Can anyone verify this?

The only thing I would question would be if the car had an antenna and no radio. A radio was a dealer installed accessory in 1955.
The oval extension came on 1955 and 1956 power pac cars.

Thanks Gene,

The car came from the factory with the radio delete plate and no antenna.

Roger

I have been the judging game for many years and it has never been a deduction for an item that is not on the car. No radio, no deduction.

This coin has another side. If the car/truck has an accessory and it is either wrong or doesn't work, then and only then, do you take a point away.

The delete plate name is commonly used today but would be incorrect. The radio was not deleted as it was not a standard production item. You can't delete something that was not there in the first place.

Then, what would the proper terminology of the "delete plate" be?

How about hole cover? Or cover plate?

What is the plate called in the Chevrolet parts book?

How about radio void trim cover.

The Chevrolet parts book calls it a "radio control opening cover".

INFalco,

If you had the correct cover plate and no antennae you should not have been deducted for that item.

We used to call the knock-out or dummy plates or covers.
Chevrolet called them a "cover, radio control hole".
Most commom were the radio and clock plates. In 1957 they were used and discarded when the back-up lights were installed.
They were all thrown away by the bushels full.