Safety is overrated

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I agree with this thinking & one reason I do is because when I drive
my 60, I think about how much this car means to me & don't try to
make it do things it was never meant to do. That is trying to keep up
with the frantic pace of the Phoenix drivers who will do anything to
get 3 feet further ahead then they already are, only to have to come
to a panic stop a couple hundred feet away. No matter how many
changes you make to it, the car was still designed in a whole
different world then we live in today.
John

"Timothy J. LaPean" wrote:

> If you know your machine and KNOW (deeply) how to
> drive it and exactly what it is and isn't capable of
> you can overcome many "Drawbacks."  Keep in mind that
> most "Improvements" have their drawbacks too.  Yes, my
> drum brakes are a pain and they fade, but they with
> them it is much easier to choose whether or not to
> lock up the brakes (and we all know that many of us
> hate AntiLock brakes with a passion for good reason if
> they are used to controlling the skid themselves).
> EFI is great but it requires a computer (blech!) and
> dealing with unrepairable throw away parts.  Modern
> "overdrives" have their issues too, I love and hate
> the one on my winter beater.
>
> My thing:  Be suspicious of "Improvements" and
> understand why you are making them.  All of the
> systems on every Imperial work pretty darn well if you
> really want to learn them well enough to understand
> and maintain them properly (I hear that the 80's EFI
> is this way too, but sounds like a nightmare to me...)
>  And with proper maintenence many systems will remain
> serviceable years longer than their modern
> counterparts.  But ultimately, do what you think is
> best.  Don't say that you had to do it, because unless
> there's a law in your state that is not grandfathered,
> you didn't.  Good, bad, or indifferent, it was a
> choice.
>
> If you want to make extensive changes, do so realizing
> that you have a rare car and that their are pros and
> cons to what you are doing and that preserving the
> history of the marque is worthwhile, but probably
> doesn't depend on you and only you.
>
> Timothy
>
> "Virgil" A 1960 4DR Custom Southampton 35,000 mi who
> is original excepting the tires, the hidden stereo,
> and the rainbow stickers over the headlights.
>
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