Hey Hugh, you forgot the Amen....So I say it
AAAAMMMEEENNN!
Thad the ImpPoster
--- Hugh & Therese <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Following yesterday's unpleasantness, I was
> wondering what all the fuss was
> about. I ended up concluding that one of this
> group's core values is
> maintaining the originality of our cars as much as
> possible. I happen to be
> a member of a local Mopar club, that sees it as
> absolutely normal to buy
> something and then to start making changes. It's
> the muscle car way. I am
> forced to observe that not all of these changes are
> good or even beneficial,
> but the owners are having a good old time. Second
> guessing the original
> designers and builders of those cars is all part of
> the sport.
>
> Imperials belong to a different class. An exclusive
> class, like Packard,
> Lincoln, Lexus and Infiniti. Cadillac does not make
> the grade in this
> respect as they are too common and hence too
> available to those who want to,
> and indeed do, perpetrate all manner of vulgarities
> upon them. In the
> "exclusive" class, originality counts to an
> overwhelming extent. keeping it
> right is the name of the game.
>
> Certain deviations are tolerated more than others,
> but they must be discreet
> to the point of invisibility. Upgrades to ignition
> systems or brake systems
> come to mind. Anything that flagrantly deviates
> beyond the car's original
> specifications will incur much wrath if openly
> admitted to and flaunted.
> Many of us, and in this case I get to include
> myself, go to extraordinary
> lengths to keep our cars as original as possible. I
> cite my struggles to
> get an original style carburetor for my 58 as taking
> this pursuit far beyond
> any reasonable logic, but, then again, I do not work
> on the car for logical
> reasons. I have read so many posts from like minded
> people who go to
> fantastic lengths to keep their cars as original as
> possible. Where to get
> the right cloth, or leather, or stereo system.
> (Dick Benjamin took 14 years
> to recreate a special kind of stereo system for one
> of his cars, as I
> recall.)
>
> Why we are this way is tied into why we love these
> cars in the first place.
> There is no substitute for the right part to
> maintain the integrity of our
> cars. They are unique to their era and we enjoy
> them as such. Is that so
> wrong?
>
> Hugh
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