September 29th: I've begun the extended process of taking the car off judging state and putting it into driving state. The AC Delco paper air filter has been exchanged for a Green fabric air filter. The fiddley battery disconnect has been … disconnected. Today, we swap the show wheels and the as good as it gets Goodyear HP Ultra tires for driver wheels and (modern, sticky) BF Goodrich g-Force Sport COMP-2 tires.

7 days post-judging.