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From: "Jason Rogers"
Sent: Friday, June 13,
2008
".... An original
restorer
says, "How dare you
make that
change and take away
from the
originality of that
car...it
would've never been
made that
way from the
factory...Walter
or Virgil would turn
over in
their graves if they
saw you
doing that...."
"A rodder says, "Hey, I
like
what I have but I want
to do
something different
with
it...for the same or
less money
(or the parts are
simply not
available or are too
expensive
to remake), I can
tailor it to
my preferences...I can
make it
more economical to
operate and
maintain...I can make
it safer -
for me, my passengers,
and
other motorists - to
drive on
the highway..."
Yes, we've all heard
that "drive on the
highway"
rationalization for
changing a
vintage car around,
most often
to defend the
installation of
an overpowered engine.
Vintage cars handle
differently
than newer ones. If
someone
feels uncomfortable or
insecure
with a vintage car,
with all
due respect it would
seem they
aren't really cut out
for the
experience and should
consider
instead a modern car
rather
than attempting to
modify one
of the ever-diminishing
supply
of survivors. A
survivor car is
an historic microcosm
of its
era which, having made
it this
far, should be given
some
chance at remaining
intact.
All the uncompleted
project
cars we've seen out
there
should be sad testimony
enough
to leave well enough
alone.
Incidentally, the
Forward Look
list has always been
dedicated
to the preservation of
originality. Thanks.
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