danoreilly
Well-known member
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2010
- Messages
- 138
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- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO
- My Car
- 71 Mach1 351C 4V
02 Deluxe Convertible
67 Fairlane GT 390
No, this ain't about my clothes...
Here's the thing: I think it really SUCKS to lose at a car show to the guy who went out and paid big bucks for a restored car, while those of who spent (literally) years and probably about the same - or more - bucks actually bringing our ride back to life.
Don't get me wrong. I think it's great if you can go out and buy a restored car. Everybody has their tastes, and so I don't begrudge that to anybody. To me, 1/2 the fun is taking the rust-bucket I start out with, and turn out a vehicle that looks like it just came out of the factory. Bloody knuckles, grease stains on my pants and shirts, learning the proper swear words appropriate to the current problem, the whole 9 yards. That's FUN to me!
If you have the wherewithal to buy a done car, or you just don't like the hassles of building it, that's not a problem with me. But I would really like to see shows at least acknowledge there's a difference. Either way, you have great cars, and that's the whole purpose of the exercise. But to put in years of work to lose to the guy with the bigger checkbook, well, it just rubs me the wrong way.
For example: cars that show up at a show with painted-on stripes, while the "purist" took the time to research and install the real stripe as Ford intended. And time and again, I've seen that paint cost the purist a trophy.
Heck, I don't know if there's a solution. Maybe, as my wife occasionally claims, I'm fully of cow****. And I hate to sound petulant, as well. But at least I've finally said my piece!
Here's the thing: I think it really SUCKS to lose at a car show to the guy who went out and paid big bucks for a restored car, while those of who spent (literally) years and probably about the same - or more - bucks actually bringing our ride back to life.
Don't get me wrong. I think it's great if you can go out and buy a restored car. Everybody has their tastes, and so I don't begrudge that to anybody. To me, 1/2 the fun is taking the rust-bucket I start out with, and turn out a vehicle that looks like it just came out of the factory. Bloody knuckles, grease stains on my pants and shirts, learning the proper swear words appropriate to the current problem, the whole 9 yards. That's FUN to me!
If you have the wherewithal to buy a done car, or you just don't like the hassles of building it, that's not a problem with me. But I would really like to see shows at least acknowledge there's a difference. Either way, you have great cars, and that's the whole purpose of the exercise. But to put in years of work to lose to the guy with the bigger checkbook, well, it just rubs me the wrong way.
For example: cars that show up at a show with painted-on stripes, while the "purist" took the time to research and install the real stripe as Ford intended. And time and again, I've seen that paint cost the purist a trophy.
Heck, I don't know if there's a solution. Maybe, as my wife occasionally claims, I'm fully of cow****. And I hate to sound petulant, as well. But at least I've finally said my piece!