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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: abodyjoe] #2861626
12/18/20 08:23 AM
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Lets not forget the side pipes.

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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: maximus] #2861636
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Originally Posted by maximus
Lets not forget the side pipes.


Oh yea we had them also on this Dart Sport.

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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: blewbyu] #2861643
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I can appreciate the work that goes into a restoration, but the end result is just that: another restoration. So I like the personalized customs. That's custom with a "c", not with a "k".

Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: blewbyu] #2861647
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We might be better off today that the trend is towards restorations. If the trend was more towards the custom side, everything would get an LS thrown in it. laugh2


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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: DaveRS23] #2861651
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Originally Posted by DaveRS23
We might be better off today that the trend is towards restorations. If the trend was more towards the custom side, everything would get an LS thrown in it. laugh2


Hey I get it and trust me I have a nut and bolt restored car sitting in my shop. But Like my Superbee " My Boys knick named the Mossy Oak Edition" I let go this year, it sure felt like I was 18 again beating the $hit out of that thing!!! drive I recently bought this old Truck as my Grandson really likes trucks. Want to make sure he knows that trucks were not meant to look like a Bull Dog. flame You learn in life that you can influence (the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.) the youth of tomorrow. We have one hell of time riding and talking in this old truck.

It's kinda like the Black Ghost story!!!! If you haven't seen the video take a look. up

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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: blewbyu] #2861684
12/18/20 12:06 PM
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Love the period pics of these cars with their owners! Today it's hard to imagine these cars were in the hands of kids instead of frumpy old men.

Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: abodyjoe] #2861726
12/18/20 12:57 PM
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those days [and way before] were fun for sure, then "responsibility" set in. laugh2
now to get back to [relive] that time before i croak............
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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: blewbyu] #2861764
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Agreed. I hate restored cars and pretty much always have. I check that tumblr site daily and theres a few 70s street machine groups on facecrack as well

I keep my cars in the 70s, theyre happy there

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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: RangerDan440] #2861770
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I love em all - both dead stock, & the old period cars. The old photos on this site I could watch until I starve & never get tired of them. They represent an era & a way of life for so many of us back then. For me, it was the happiest time of my life that I wish I could go back to & stay there. The girls were SOOOOO much hotter back then too. So many great memories came flooding back.......


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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: justinp61] #2861827
12/18/20 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by justinp61
Cool photos! I liked the Pinto. whistling


I think that is a Honda...but who is keeping track! I like what is in front of it... shock


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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #2861847
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Even though I no longer have the desire to own or persue an OE level car.
I can certainly appreciate the effort and expense required to achieve that goal.

In any make or model.
I honestly like them slightly modified . But some can go to far , for my taste anyway

My own car will never have true OE factory stock in its title ever most likely.

Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: gtx6970] #2862027
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I love everything too! I remember very vividly my introduction to a restored muscle car! Like most of you I remember when the cars were not worth what we had in them. In 1986 I had my first bee. I met a guy with a 70 6 pack super bee that was going back to stock. He was hunting down the correct exhaust manifold and searching for decals to correct the engine compartment. This was an incredibly novel idea at the time. I loved it! I always like the day two look but going back to stock Still appeals to me. He introduced me to Motor City Originals. The owner used to own my current bee. Mags and headers are still cool.
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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: RoadRunnerLuva] #2862031
12/19/20 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by RoadRunnerLuva
Originally Posted by justinp61
Cool photos! I liked the Pinto. whistling


I think that is a Honda...but who is keeping track! I like what is in front of it... shock


That looks like a Ford Fiesta to me,tough to tell by the headlights in the pic (*)(*) though...

Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: RTSrunner] #2862056
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Great thing about the hobby, there is a butt for every seat. I can appreciate almost any car if hard work has been put into it. Even if I disagree on what was done. My dad on the other hand......is an old deaf racer who has no issue expressing his opinion lol. Makes for interesting times walking around car events.

Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: McCandlessboy] #2862100
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Restored to trailer queen status usually makes me grumpy. Being stuck in bottom half of the 70s , better than stock is generally the goal but I like to keep it period correct - ish.

Basic example: my 79 RC born 318, 3/tree, am radio, low back buckets. Being reborn with a 75 440 w/ better cam, 727, 90s Mopar am/fm/cass/cd, 90s RC reclining buckets and console. Color options / combos not avail in 79 or on any RC. If ya don't know RCs or I didn't save the equipment level, you'd never suspect that it didn't ship that way. Nothing they ever built but something they could have. Ok, maybe a weak example - my jekyl and hyde Daytonas are a better illustration.

Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: McCandlessboy] #2862105
12/19/20 12:20 PM
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Yeah, when I was "restoring" my GTX I knew from the start I couldn't put it back the way it was originally...I mean crap, it only had 375hp laugh2, my truck has more hp than that and who wants to get out run by every store bought kid in a new Mustang, Camaro or Challenger...not to mention the foreign stuff shock so...it's not stock grin and it sure is fun hurting kids feelings up


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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: Stanton] #2862114
12/19/20 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Stanton
I walk the aisles of Carlisle and don't give restored cars so much as a glance. Oh sure, I can appreciate the effort that went into them but they're basically cookie-cutter cars with no individuality.


Completely agree and often find myself skipping over restored cars at shows.

Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: McCandlessboy] #2862120
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Originally Posted by McCandlessboy
Great thing about the hobby, there is a butt for every seat. I can appreciate almost any car if hard work has been put into it. Even if I disagree on what was done. My dad on the other hand......is an old deaf racer who has no issue expressing his opinion lol. Makes for interesting times walking around car events.

There are ALL kinds of opinions in the hobby.
I recall as a teen, never seeing a Corvette unless it was pristine. I learned early on that some people had too much pride to roll around in a "prestige" car with primer spots on it.

I don't know where the trend started but some time ago, a few cars started trickling out that were totally functional but looked barn fresh. The reactions were split between the "That is GREAT, I'd drive it AS IS" crowd and the
"This is a disgrace, finish the car and then drive it" crowd. Rat Rods became popular for their low cost and creativity.
My red '70 is not a show car but a decent street driver. Last year I bought another '70 that was wrecked and ignored for 24 years. I've been slowly putting it back together and have rebuilt the original 383 for it. By Spring, it should be roadworthy. I'm going to leave it looking like THIS for awhile....

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Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: Kern Dog] #2862136
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It’s easy to look back at those days with rose colored glasses, the music was better, the girls prettier (not a tat or pink hair dye to be found!), and the cars cheap and speed shops all over the place to buy parts to individualize your ride.
But seeing the picture of my T/A with its rear end jacked up to accommodate its offset Cragars I had in back still makes me cringe a little. The car was unstable and I did lose control of it once night after too many beers, ramped a curb and it’s lucky the car was able to be fixed as I bent one of the front frame rails that night, and even luckier there was no oncoming traffic when I lost control as me and another innocent driver could have died.
I also recall hearing the rear tires scuffing the wheel opening lips on a regular basis and having to find a gas station quickly to pump those shocks up a little. Looked cool, but sort of dumb!
That car is now one of those restored cars many scorn, but whatever. I have a V code Challenger also that I’ve tried to sell but Mopar snobs don’t like brown, so my thoughts going forward on that car are maybe a little day 2, mags like Keystones, aftermarket gauges since the factory gauges on my rally dash aren’t very accurate,, and then sit back at a show or cruise and watch people’s eyes get wide when they look at the VIN and see that somewhat custom 71 Challenger they are looking at is a real 1 of 250 V code?

Re: I am so over restored cars!! This is what makes me tick!! [Re: Mastershake340] #2862158
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"one night after too many beers.........."

HOO BOY ! if those cars could talk, the stories they could tell about the MANY times they tried to hurt us BAD because of the above ! eek
looking back with clearer eyes and slightly smarter [? grin] brains in our heads, it becomes apparent some of my friends and i seemed to go out of our way to do ourselves some harm.
my one buddy to this day can't figure out why he went on a drunken rampage back in 1971 with his 1970 383 4spd super bee. after the "fun" was over, there was damage scattered across a wide area with the bee ending half way up the most prominent flag pole in town, and not a panel on the car remaining straight !
when the police chief placed him in the front seat of the cruiser, [we were a well known bunch of hotrodders, so we didn't get away with anything - the "CHIEF" always knew !] he asked him if it would be necessary to cuff him, but my buddy was truthful and said "i deserve what you give me......."
it always was good if you were truthful with "Chief Earl".
after lots of money doled out in fines and restitution's, the city was back in order. my buddy was to loose his license for years, but hurricane Agnes flooded harrisburg and all the records were lost.
this event was talked about for many years afterward.
the only piece left is the bee emblem from the tail light panel, which i have "somewhere" in my stash.........

growing up today is nowhere like it was in the 50's, 60's and early 70's.
don't be boneheads like we were ! tsk
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