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Two days ago I received a second response to the email I sent the judging board on 17 January. It was from an AMCA officer but he didn’t address my questions about 42, 43 and 47. Instead he included a letter which was written by an AMCA director. Here is said letter but with the author’s name omitted.
'As a representative of the AMCA Judging Board I would like to thank you for your interest in the policies and procedures involved with the verification of 1930s-1940s Harley Davidson motor VINs. Your interest appears to be specifically in the “Knucklehead” model.
The AMCA Judging Board is presently reviewing our policies and procedures pertaining to factory VINs for all makes and models eligible for AMCA Judging from 1990 and older. This review will include solicitation of professional restorers, collectors, senior judges, and interested members for their opinions and suggestions on this matter.
At this time the Judging Board will address Pending Disqualifications on an individual basis, with the owner/member, as they occur.
I would like to invite you to submit your suggestions to the Judging Board, via the same email you just used. When a consensus is reached the Judging Board will vote on any changes to current policy and publish the results on the AMCA Website.
Once again, thank you for your continuing interest in the AMCA'
Below is the email I sent a short while ago.
Eric
'Thanks for the response but the letter contains no answers to questions I asked the judging board regarding 42, 43 and 47. My interest isn’t specifically in Knuckleheads but I used a 42 as an example because I wanted to know what would happen if at an AMCA national meet there was a disagreement about the authenticity of the SN of such a bike.
As for suggestions, I may have a few although some may already be in place but I won’t know that until the board answers my questions from the email I sent in January. Why can’t the judging board answer those questions?
I realise the AMCA doesn’t like to make details public regarding H-D SN characters but I think that is a problem. And I fail to see what harm could be caused by answering the following: would the evidence submitted to the board by the judge consist of photos only or would there be H-D factory paperwork submitted regarding the types of stamps used for H-D SNs? Thank you.'
'As a representative of the AMCA Judging Board I would like to thank you for your interest in the policies and procedures involved with the verification of 1930s-1940s Harley Davidson motor VINs. Your interest appears to be specifically in the “Knucklehead” model.
The AMCA Judging Board is presently reviewing our policies and procedures pertaining to factory VINs for all makes and models eligible for AMCA Judging from 1990 and older. This review will include solicitation of professional restorers, collectors, senior judges, and interested members for their opinions and suggestions on this matter.
At this time the Judging Board will address Pending Disqualifications on an individual basis, with the owner/member, as they occur.
I would like to invite you to submit your suggestions to the Judging Board, via the same email you just used. When a consensus is reached the Judging Board will vote on any changes to current policy and publish the results on the AMCA Website.
Once again, thank you for your continuing interest in the AMCA'
Below is the email I sent a short while ago.
Eric
'Thanks for the response but the letter contains no answers to questions I asked the judging board regarding 42, 43 and 47. My interest isn’t specifically in Knuckleheads but I used a 42 as an example because I wanted to know what would happen if at an AMCA national meet there was a disagreement about the authenticity of the SN of such a bike.
As for suggestions, I may have a few although some may already be in place but I won’t know that until the board answers my questions from the email I sent in January. Why can’t the judging board answer those questions?
I realise the AMCA doesn’t like to make details public regarding H-D SN characters but I think that is a problem. And I fail to see what harm could be caused by answering the following: would the evidence submitted to the board by the judge consist of photos only or would there be H-D factory paperwork submitted regarding the types of stamps used for H-D SNs? Thank you.'
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