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I think one thing that we all can agree on is that Mother Mopar never seemed to do anything "by the book". If you wanted your car painted Gold with blue interior, that was OK. Build it with a larger engine, and have the cash and contacts, that was possible. If it came from one factory, another factory building the same body style did it differently.
That's why we love our Mopars. You can never say "always". Maybe that's why we have elections (choices), although I am still bitching about that one.... Larry
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From: Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 12:13 am Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 1958 Plymouth tip of the day It is really bad in the Corvette and Camero 'hobby'. If it not done per their 'Bible' then demerits at judging. SO they All have to have the same orange peel, the same paint overspray, the same paint runs, etc. etc. A pox upon that degree of attention to detail. Not all cars that went thru the line exhibited the exact same 'defects' specially day after day after day. didn't the Corvette Gold anal retentive dweebs once sue other organizations about some of the judging methods or criteria?? Paul Holmgren 2 57 300-C's in Indy JCI #74145 On Sunday, February 7, 2021, 09:16:49 PM EST, Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I find input like this thread interesting, and sometimes informative. Where is goes sideways
for me, is my general disdain for the numbers-matching Rainman nerds going all nutter about
what is and isn’t correct, with some snooty air of authority about what is what.
It is all good and fine to know the subtle details, but the attitude some get over this stuff is
the reason I do not do car shows or associate with any organized groups.
I began chasing these cars when they were $50 beaters, and wrecking yards were full of
them. Dealers still had large NOS parts inventories, and a person interested in these cars
could learn a lot simply by going out and looking. Unlike today, where cars like ours are akin
to alien spacecraft landing on the street.
My interest was never some by-the-book, numbers matching, factory rulebook perfect example
of dome fantasy car we all dreamed of. Rather, it was capturing a disappearing everyday vision
of what the American scene looked like when I was a kid. Not the fantasy burger stand or sock
hop teenage angst BS made iconic by American Graffiti, but the ordinary grocery store parking
lot, or small town street on any day America …. where cars were styling and cool, but also “just
cars”, where “Dad” might have installed a wrong year, or even wrong make underhood light in his
finned beast because it worked, and for no other reason. As long as it looks like it was done in
1961, I find THAT to be just part of the “fabric”, … the story, that these cars tell us.
When some blowhard “know-it-all” starts telling me that his way is the only way to do it right, that
is where I just walk away and go enjoy my old junk the way I’ve been doing it now for 50 years.
Keep posting, David. Enjoy yourself through the things you enjoy and don’t let the attitude people
be a wet blanket on your good times.
Burger
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Hi David - I have other Mopars and no ‘58’s, but still find your emails useful and informative. Every group will regrettably attract some Neanderthals, but that shouldn’t dissuade you from informing the rest of us. Thanks!
On Feb 7, 2021, at 6:20 PM, John <00002241aeb168b2-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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