Re: [FWDLK] Restoration & Preservation.

Sorry but nothing on my cars are bought from a catalog. Real hot rods are built with parts from other cars, machining, fabricating, ect. My AFB carbs, cams, fuel lines and fittings are my only catalog parts. Try making AMC Hornet brakes or Aspen brakes fit a 57 or 58 Plymouth, it takes work, brains, trial and error. Hand make a set of headers, make motor mounts out of scrap steel to put a HEMI in a '58 Plymouth or a 318 in a Model A frame, then talk to me about how "hard"restoring a car is, like I said I've restored and hot rodded cars, I worked in a shop that did both. A frame off restoration is no big deal unless you start with a total piece of crap, the car comes apart and goes back together the same way, cleaned, repainted, and repaired, but the same way. Street Rodders use catalogs, Hot Rodders build cars.

In a message dated 1/26/2011 3:20:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I've got to disagree, respectfully, but ADAMENTLY, with Adam's assertion
that it is
so all-powerd-ly difficult to create a "hot rod" out of a FWDLK'er,
compared to the
100% restoration of a FWDLK'er (assuming an identical #1
final-condition end result concerning
both versions of that same hypothetical car).

We all know that there is, essentially, only one way, and one part,
which will restore a FWDLK'er
correctly, and that each part's condition (mechanical-physical) WILL
vary considerably from another
one of it.

That's not quite true, in the creation of a "hot rod", which tends to
use all-newly made parts on it.

Restoration involves boots on the ground scrounging; Hot Rodding
involves catalog subscriptions.

NOW, somebody could, clearly, spend some mega-bucks in the creation of a
hot rod (the mind
boggles with the infinite possibilities) out of a FWDLK'er, compared to
its correct restoration
costs.

But, as far as PITA-difficulty is concerned, if a true #1 condition
restoration is concerned, compared
to a #1-condition hot rod, all that the rodder needs is a fat wallet and
somebody's skilled labor,
compared with the restorer's blood/sweat/tears/research/luck AND a fat
wallet and some skilled labor.

It's all our own cars (custodianship) to do whatever we want to do to
them, but, don't expect me to get
all misty-eyed over looking at 'your' car's chromed chain-link steering
wheel and 20" 'spinner' wheels.

And, this has NOTHING to do with Adam's cars, I'm just addressing his
argument----my own ride has
quite a few (non-obvious) modifications (hot-rodding..) to it, during my
30+ years custodianship of it.

Neil Vedder

Lindenbaum wrote:
> And letting them sit in junkyards, backyards, and driveways rotting is
> better than building hot rods! Makes sense to me. Why does the
> concours d'elegance show have classes for hot rods if they are so
> evil? I love my cars, more than most of you probably love yours, they
> are HOT RODS. One was a one owner, original paint, unmolested '58 318
> 2x4 Fury up until the late '80s, I'm more proud of that car and my now
> passed on friend who built it than most of you could imagine, I'm glad
> it offends narrow minded puritans like yourselves. I appreciate cars,
> stock, hot rods, kustoms, whatever, nice is nice, period. I guess
> that's why hot rodders are more popular and common, we like
> everything, puritans feel we should all think like them. And we bust
> our asses working on our cars just as much,if not more so don't give
> me this " It takes more work to restore a car" crap! I've done both,
> it takes more engineering and fabrication to build a safe, reliable
> hot rod than to clean up or replace parts that were meant to be bolted
> to that specific car..
> Adam Lindenbaum
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 9:41 am
> Subject: [FWDLK] Restoration & Preservation.
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> It's all about where and with whom one associates. The prestigious
> AACA is still the biggest old-car group, where historical accuracy and
> correctness is both sought and celebrated, just the same as the
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