Agree. Why as SAAC judges are we overlooking borrowed parts. ...............
Firstly it's likely because there are no rules about ownership
Also we don't know what might be borrowed, can't be expected (going to take allot of time and effort) to ask the owner to provide a list of every part on the car and where it might come from, bad blood between owners or builders might lead some to make up stories about other cars/parts, .... its a deep pool we would be diving into where no one involved will likely be happy and no telling how many would choose just not to buy, build or participate.
I guess I'm not upset as some of you are. Have heard and seen a fair number of those that now question the practice participate at some point in the past. Guess each of us can have a change of mind.
As a judge I'm looking at the car as presented that day that moment. What ever the car was before (be it a burnt wreck or the most perfect rust free beauty) IMHO makes no difference at that moment. Don't care if the owner is a 9-5 worker at a plant or a multi-millionaire its about the car and what it is when we judge it.
Others will surely see things differently