On May 3, 2015, Porsches & Pastrami featured a concours judging school before lunch and a People’s Choice car show afterwards. Dave Lasch, our chief judge, explained the judging criteria used at RPM. The RPM concours is low-key and fun, so the main criteria are the three C’s: Cleanliness, Condition, and Care. The RPM concours is “tops only,” but enclosed areas such as the gas filler compartment have to be clean. Condition covers things like paint scratches and dashboard cracks. Care reflects the effort put into detailing the car, as indicated by whether the areas inside the raised script are clean, for example. Correctness is not emphasized at RPM — the judges won’t concern themselves about whether new bolts on a 356 engine are exactly the same as the originals.

The People’s Choice car show ended in a tie, with both winners being wide-body 911’s — Iain Fraser’s 930 and Hank Weil’s normally asprirated 911