This picture was taken this past summer.  This Vette is a late production model that has the Aluminum cylinder heads that were introduced mid-year. I have owned it since 1995 and it is pretty much original except for tires, battery etc.  Everything works as when it was produced.

The building in the background is one of the last textile factories left in our town.   

You are correct, mufflers are not original, as is the battery, tires and oh yes I did replace the front brake pads and spark plugs over the course of the past 17 years of ownership. So, I have edited the title to include the word "nearly".  I do drive this car in the summers and there are maintenance items.  Original batteries are not available, nor are "Reproductions" that so many "Judged" vehicles have in them so they can pass rigorous judging for originality. Original mufflers are scarce, and I do happen to have the "Original" mufflers stored away, as well as the "Original" tires. I have been a Corvette owner and enthusiast for nearly 40 years, I have had many 1st place wins in many NCCC Corvette only shows. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by NCCC "Prepped". Is this something bad? Is competing in National Council of Corvette Clubs events a bad thing? Should I be prepping a car some other way? Perhaps I should dull down the, yes, "Original Paint" or maybe add a few scratches so cars that cars that have not been maintained and cared for as well would have a fair chance to compete. I don't know, what do you think? I prep and maintain my cars myself, all of my cars! How original is a "Top Flight" car that has had a frame off restoration? Those cars are as far from as original as you can get. They are great to look at, but unfortunately those are no longer original, merely reproductions of what came off of the assembly line.

This is a forum for Corvette enthusiasts to share information and their enthusiasm for Corvettes and to promote the hobby!  It is not a NCRS Top Flight event, it is a forum.