I agree with Sid! Leave those unmolested cars alone! You want a car to
modify? I have one right now... no rear flares, needing parts, etc... that
one would make a better mod car!
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 11:45 AM
Subject: Sid's Diatribe on Originality (kind of long and full of opinions)
> I was going to keep my trap shut, but the time has come for me to chime
in.
> I like stock restorations, but I do not care for trailer queens. Cars
were
> meant to be driven, not to become works of art that only come out for fair
> weather to be shown and then put back into a hermetically sealed garage
away
> from all until the next show. This means that I don't have a problem with
> some mods to enhance reliability. I also like period accessories. For
> example, bullet Talbot style mirrors were all the rage in the 60s. They
> look right on a Roadster. Vitalonis were available in the 70s - 80s and
> look stupid on a Roadster (imho). The stock mirrors look best though.
>
> All that having been said, I would rather see a modified roadster on the
> road than in the junkyard. But please don't sacrifice a clean original
for
> a custom since there are SOOO many project cars out there. If the car had
> previous mods (like Gordon's car), or is missing a substantial amount of
> parts (like the one that Phil is making into a custom), it is better that
> they are saved and made roadworthy than to have them become another
> Campbells soup can. It bothers me when someone finds an unmolested 30k
mile
> original and begins cutting it up for a custom. Sure, one that is clean
is
> easier to work on, but how many of us have seen (especially on the east
> coast) an unmolested, unrestored, low mileage, mint original roadster?
They
> are rare because they were viewed as disposable cars and were treated as
> such.
>
> Keep the clean cars original, and modify the ones that need help. That
way,
> everyone has a Roadster to fill the bill!
>
> Sid
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:
> http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
>
> /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list
> /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or go to
> /// http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
> /// Send list postings to datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
/// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list
|