Around here, local show "judges' (loosely termed) show a bias against strictly restored to as-built condition. It is not intentional. It stems from their lack of knowledge of the vehicles which they are judging. If some of them do recognize a restored as-built vehicle, they have no idea about the extra effort it takes to create one compared to building a modified vehicle, and favor the snazzy custom. Meanwhile the crowds of people coming to the show, spend more time ogling the old as-built vehicles and ask a million questions about them.
