Re: [FWDLK] MOSTLY MOPARS

[cpollock@xxxxxxxx]

Hi Guys,
I hate to jump in here,but I just had to comment.  In my opinion, and it is just an opinion, there are NO cars that do not deserve to be brought back and restored.  If you have the money and the time and the love for the machine, it does not matter what it is that you are restoring.  I am not a rich guy, and at the moment I do not own a FWLK car (still looking for that elusive 1960 New Yorker/Saratoga 2 dr) but I do have 2 Chargers, and have restored several cars.  My first was a 69 Charger, R4 red, few options, 383 4bbl.  Spent way too much and when I was forced to sell it, sold for way too little.  Do I regret any of it, Hell No!  I get so SICK and TIRED of going to car shows and only seeing R/T's, SS's, RS's, Cobras Bel Airs, etc, as if the world of the 50's and 60's was entirely populated by top of the line, fully loaded monsters.  I do not even take pictures of those cars any more. What I do take pictures of are the loving restored/and or original Police Cars, Taxis, 4d!
 r-6cyl-no options cars. The REAL cars that populated the 50's and 60's.  I guess it boils down to what do you like, where is your passion?  If you love FWLK cars, who cares what it is, or how it is optioned, or how much you paid to have it restored or restored it yourself.  50 yrs from now, at least kids will know that these cars existed, and that those people then were just like these people now. REAL people.

Coming off of soapbox,
Thanks for your time,
Charles.

From: Ron Allyn Swartley <Archangel1390@xxxxxxx>
Date: 2003/10/28 Tue PM 06:57:08 EST
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FWDLK] MOSTLY MOPARS



Ron I totally disagree with you. You were not ready to restore a car from the
sound of the email that you sent. You had no money no place to store the car,
probably no tools and if I might quote you "had no idea what you were doing"
unquote. You said that you barely could change your own oil.  In that
condition you don't even think of starting a restoration unless your plan is for
disaster. Some of us went to school for our mechanical knowledge, some of us helped
guys with the knowledge and learned from them. Some of us just watched
experienced guys and asked questions. But to say it could be a big mistake to
restore the first car and not really take pride in it,---------is like hating a tool
because you don't know how to use it.
   You also say you acquired most of your knowledge of Mopars working on that
first car. Does that mean you regret your knowledge? How did you expect to
get that knowledge, buy tearing someone else car apart and learning on their
car?

                                                      Ron Allyn Swartley

PS. If I couldn't swim and I jumped in the river and I almost drowned
------------does that make the river a bad place?????




Ron I totally disagree with you. You were not ready to restore a car from the sound of the email that you sent. You had no money no place to store the car, probably no tools and if I might quote you "had no idea what you were doing" unquote. You said that you barely could change your own oil.  In that condition you don't even think of starting a restoration unless your plan is for disaster. Some of us went to school for our mechanical knowledge, some of us helped guys with the knowledge and learned from them. Some of us just watched experienced guys and asked questions. But to say it could be a big mistake to restore the first car and not really take pride in it,---------is like hating a tool because you don't know how to use it.
   You also say you acquired most of your knowledge of Mopars working on that first car. Does that mean you regret your knowledge? How did you expect to get that knowledge, buy tearing someone else car apart and learning on their car?
                                   
                                                      Ron Allyn Swartley

PS. If I couldn't swim and I jumped in the river and I almost drowned ------------does that make the river a bad place?????