2016 Build-Off Challenge - Official Contest Thread, AND THE WINNER IS . . . Options

[Andyrew]

For those of you working on your judging, I made a table that helped me organize and judge the builds, thought I would share it with you.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tq876kx1q8aykpa/B...Blank.xlsx?dl=0


Also the way I judged it was as follows (NOTE: This is not the official method of judging, just how I did it to make coming up with numbers easier)
Progress: 3 points possible per month for progress, 1 point extra if progress was steady and documented well
Difficulty: Difficulty of the work performed between Oct 1-Dec 31, Many times this involved reading the build threads to see when the work was reported as being done.
Quality: Quality of the work done.

Overall it took me about 3 hours to judge, good thing I woke up early and couldnt get back to sleep.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[Garland]

I also did a score sheet, I found that a few had not posted at all, and some of those that have, posted, we're not completed each month. I found that less then hafe the contestants completed the requirements for posting updates. I scored based on what I found.

Also many as stated were started earlier, and jumped in part way into a build. Just have to evaluate from contest start date of Oct 1

Saturday morning and back to the barn for me, wood stove fired up, and I'll be posting my Jan update today. Good luck to all in 2016, less then 9 months to go!

Great to see the goal of so many 914 being worked on, and shared, being fulfilled.
Thanks again for the motivation from the Build Challenge Group, and all here.

Garland (John)
Michigan Build


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[rightpedal]

Thanks Andy. That was a big help.

Thanks Steve the whole project is a blast.

Steve

[trojanhorsepower]

OK. I admit it. I am lost. Where is the voting pole? I thought that was supposed to be out last weekend? Have I over looked it? Did I miss read? I am just trying to figure out what I missed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[trojanhorsepower]

OK all is clear now. I got Steve's email.

[stevegm]

My fault. Combination of work, family, weather, and trying to get the voting system to work the way we set the rules of the Challenge up. I finally got it to work.

Yesterday, I emailed all of the Challengers their link to score the builds. The poll for the 914world members will be posted later today.

Voting will be open until January 31st.

[JoeDees]

Thank you Andyrew for the score chart!

I also noticed that there are several builds that are completely MIA and a few that have seemed to go AWOL, and a few that don't like to post in the challenge thread. I know we said we wouldn't vote anybody out, but we really may need to, it took me close to 3 hours to hunt down progress and do my judging...

[stevegm]

Thank you Andyrew for the score chart!

I also noticed that there are several builds that are completely MIA and a few that have seemed to go AWOL, and a few that don't like to post in the challenge thread. I know we said we wouldn't vote anybody out, but we really may need to, it took me close to 3 hours to hunt down progress and do my judging...

I agree.

[stevegm]

The 914World Member voting is now open.

There are two different polls - one for 914World members, and one for the actually challengers. The link below is for 914World members. Challengers were emailed a link to their poll on 1/22.

914WORLD MEMBERS:
Based on the Progress, Difficulty, and Quality of Workmanship of the build, please assign a score between 1 and 10 to each build (with 10 being the most points attainable). A complete list of the builds, and links to their threads, are available in post #2 of this thread.

Voting ends at midnight on January 31st. You can only vote once.

TO VOTE PLEASE GO HERE - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9P3RNHY

[Darren C]

Hi Guy’s,

I’ve had a very busy month on my little 914.

PROGRESS

I’ve managed to strip down the car and deliver it to my friends Paintshop. I’ll be helping him remove all the bad paint down to bare metal for a complete repaint.

CHALLENGES

The main one this month was working outside in the winter weather!

PURCHASES

I made a large purchase from 914rubber. I got some front brake rotors from Pelican Parts and some wiring items from Auto Atlanta, plus a few bits from UK vendors. (but unfortunately unable to claim any discount from any vendors due to the time of ordering)

UPDATE

I’m keeping a daily diary and have just updated progress in my main Build off Thread, please take a look and I hope you’ll enjoy!

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=247250

Regards
Darren C

[stevegm]

A few people have asked about a couple builds that seem inactive. After this round of voting we will determine if any Challengers have dropped out (not posting updates at least once a month), and likely eliminate a few builds.

If you think your build might fall into that category (not posting monthly updates), please PM or email me. We don't want to eliminate builds. But we also want to be fair to those that are actively participating.

[stevegm]

Are any Challengers coming to Mid-Engine Invasion in Hershey in April? With or without your 914. If so, please PM me.

Also, if any of you are planning to come to Okteenerfest in September, can you let me know.

[Andyrew]

A few people have asked about a couple builds that seem inactive. After this round of voting we will determine if any Challengers have dropped out (not posting updates at least once a month), and likely eliminate a few builds.

If you think your build might fall into that category (not posting monthly updates), please PM or email me. We don't want to eliminate builds. But we also want to be fair to those that are actively participating.

Going based on my chart I only noticed 8 builds (Including myself) that had monthly updates from Oct-Dec.

I did however notice 3 builds that had no activity and 4 builds that I gave a point for posting at least something (however no work).

I am in full support of eliminating builds that have little to no activity.

[Olympic 914]

This was quite a chore just trying to evaluate the builds, bouncing between the individual threads and the main Build-Off Challenge thread.

If I could give advice to the participants. keep your individual thread updated even if it is the same things going into the main thread. much easier to just run through the individual build off thread. at least when voting time comes.

BTW Andyrew, thanks for the chart... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

[stevegm]

Definitely a big thank you to Andyrew. Very helpful spreadsheet.

I hear you about the time to judge the builds. I struggled with how to streamline it all week. In the end I didn't come up with a better way. The 914World poll is a lot shorter. But I wanted to let the Challengers judge on each of the three criteria individually. As builds drop out it will narrow down and be easier to judge. I hope.

[Darren C]

Hi Steve,

What about getting one of the friendly admin guys to put the Build-off Challenge main thread, plus all contenders individual threads above the main title bar in the "nailed" section? (If only for the duration of the contest)
I'm spending a good while searching through multiple pages in the "Garage" section just trying to find everyone...

If all the threads were adjacent then we can see at a glance who's maintaining their build by the dates of last posting etc. Plus we can quickly see who's added to their thread so we can get straight on and read up.

[stevegm]

Hi Steve,

What about getting one of the friendly admin guys to put the Build-off Challenge main thread, plus all contenders individual threads above the main title bar in the "nailed" section? (If only for the duration of the contest)
I'm spending a good while searching through multiple pages in the "Garage" section just trying to find everyone...

If all the threads were adjacent then we can see at a glance who's maintaining their build by the dates of last posting etc. Plus we can quickly see who's added to their thread so we can get straight on and read up.

If admin wants to, sure. They are all also listed in the Restoration thread area. And a list of everybody's build threads is in post #2 of this thread.

[Darren C]

Thanks Steve,

I didn't realize they were listed in the Restoration thread area, (that'll same me time trying to find them in the garage area. Thanks), but they're listed and dated around October, so we can't see who's updated recently?

[Andyrew]

Thanks Steve,

I didn't realize they were listed in the Restoration thread area, (that'll same me time trying to find them in the garage area. Thanks), but they're listed and dated around October, so we can't see who's updated recently?

You have to go in each thread for that.

I used the restoration forum as a guide for most and found one thread wasnt in there and I found it in the post #2 in this thread.

[Andyrew]

Definitely a big thank you to Andyrew. Very helpful spreadsheet.

I hear you about the time to judge the builds. I struggled with how to streamline it all week. In the end I didn't come up with a better way. The 914World poll is a lot shorter. But I wanted to let the Challengers judge on each of the three criteria individually. As builds drop out it will narrow down and be easier to judge. I hope.

Actual voting didnt take all that long. The prep work for it was the big one. I think I did my voting in 10 minutes. I actually did the voting portion on my phone and left my laptop open with all the data (again... I did it early in the morning since I couldnt sleep..)

I knew I wouldnt be able to do it without a spreadsheet so thats why I built it.