Why would you chop up a 15,000 survivor? or any car that is in great to excellent condition for it's age. If wanting a 2dr wht not find a good solid base 2dr or buy a f@^d 4dr and covert it. A nice clean original car is a nice clean original car until you muck with it, then it's just a car with a year attached to it. Not being hypocritical, I have modded my car but had no orig running gear. If was all rig I would have left alone. Like I said mod a basket case not a survivor. just I would do
-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Sunday 22nd of March 2015 06:11:06 PM
I typically say it's up to the owner to do what they want with their car, and it still is. However I have to agree that it would be a shame to butcher a car this original.
One thing I find these days in the hobby, is that the historical aspect of old cars seems to be less and less important. It seems to be less about preservation and restoration and more about personalization - making it into whatever they want it to be, rather than trying to be a caretaker for a nice original car to keep it around for future generations to appreciate.
I read it all the time - the hotrod guys saying to find the nicest original car out there to chop and butcher into the hotrod that they want. It makes sense financially - less money to spend on the incidentals, because the car is all there. And maybe that's what it is coming down to - money. Perhaps our hobby is losing its conscience? Are old cars just toys to play with and do what we want with them or are they part of our history which needs to be preserved?
I don't know, I'm not here to judge, but it seems like something is being lost...
I typically say it's up to the owner to do what they want with their car, and it still is. However I have to agree that it would be a shame to butcher a car this original.
One thing I find these days in the hobby, is that the historical aspect of old cars seems to be less and less important. It seems to be less about preservation and restoration and more about personalization - making it into whatever they want it to be, rather than trying to be a caretaker for a nice original car to keep it around for future generations to appreciate.
I read it all the time - the hotrod guys saying to find the nicest original car out there to chop and butcher into the hotrod that they want. It makes sense financially - less money to spend on the incidentals, because the car is all there. And maybe that's what it is coming down to - money. Perhaps our hobby is losing its conscience? Are old cars just toys to play with and do what we want with them or are they part of our history which needs to be preserved?
I don't know, I'm not here to judge, but it seems like something is being lost...
Going the hot rod/custom route is easier in SOME ways ... no searching for that rare trim or numbered part, but that doesn't make it any cheaper. I tend to lean towards an original resto, it's a nice challenge to do (especially on PEI), but I do appreciate a tastefully done custom/hot rod.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Not really "a total crappy idea" George. - and I bet the subject car, is still offered for sale next year / unless the $13k asking price is slashed Even mr409 found a nice example a decade ago, for $4000...there lies the true problem, in some models.
So anyone is welcomed to pony up and purchase the 4 door (and give it the home it deserves) or let market forces make it appeal to more buyers. If I inherited that car, a quality conversion would be hard to ignore. - plus I am bias to the 2 door post '55's, and had one 45 years ago / another old ladies 210, true garage find
Larry, the car was sold for the sellers asking price of $13,000. There is still some sanity out there. George.
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Not touching this topic with a 10' pole!!! [don't know what that is in metric] I'll get tossed out pete
Pete, playing it safe. That doesn't sound like you. Maybe you are mellowing with retirement. Could there be a bone stock, low mileage, old lady driven, museum piece of a stocker in your future. Naaaaaaa i doubt it, you would have to put dual quads on it. George.
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I think MC was correct... speaking of, the lack of interest, in Historical value of old cars...
as time goes by and the baby boomers are gone
It will be a major case of chop, cut, and burn, the old cars...
Carl, sadly enough i agree with your statement but who knows maybe down the road, there could be a new movement to keep these cars intact and not butchered up. I am hoping anyway.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
I think MC was correct... speaking of, the lack of interest, in Historical value of old cars...
as time goes by and the baby boomers are gone
It will be a major case of chop, cut, and burn, the old cars...
This is true. Go back 100 years. How many of the old buggys from the late 1800's were saved for nostalgia? Quite few probably, but by the mid 40's most of them that were'nt in museums were chopped up and scrapped. I love that 55 but i'm sure my daughter doesn't care for it. If she had any children they would likely sell it or scrap it before they ever drove it.
It's not for me to decide what the owner does with his car, chop, rod it, or leave it. Truth is that there are more 55-57 Chev's still around 60 yrs later than GM or anyone probably ever predicted. That's for sure.
I think MC was correct... speaking of, the lack of interest, in Historical value of old cars...
as time goes by and the baby boomers are gone
It will be a major case of chop, cut, and burn, the old cars...
This is true. Go back 100 years. How many of the old buggys from the late 1800's were saved for nostalgia? Quite few probably, but by the mid 40's most of them that were'nt in museums were chopped up and scrapped. I love that 55 but i'm sure my daughter doesn't care for it. If she had any children they would likely sell it or scrap it before they ever drove it.
It's not for me to decide what the owner does with his car, chop, rod it, or leave it. Truth is that there are more 55-57 Chev's still around 60 yrs later than GM or anyone probably ever predicted. That's for sure.
Yeah, I suppose it's true of all generations through history. If nobody cares, then it will probably be forgotten, though often interest increases again a few more generations down the road.
Who knows how it will go with cars - maybe there will come a day when cars will no longer be legal to use, at that point they will be nothing more than a curiosity for future generations.
