Yes, but what is it? And where are the pics? :D
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Yes, but what is it? And where are the pics? :D
Don't get me wrong, I love well restored vehicles and seeing a restoration that is better than it was when it rolled off the assembly plant is great and a credit to it's custodian/owner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tank
If someone wants to do up a car, any car and make it look good, i.e. better than original, what is wrong with that, seems to me that you are the snob, no offence intended, but to each his own, Regards Frank.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sprint
While doing a restoration to make something better, or at least the best it can be is something to be rewarded and possibly honoured it is not the same as making something it never was, like making an XY Falcon 500 out to be Falcon GTHO which is merely a fraud.
Yes there is a real modern GT40 it was for sale on ebay about 2 months ago
i think it was around $150,000 red one down in Cranbourne
"While doing a restoration to make something better, or at least the best it can be is something to be rewarded and possibly honoured "
He' just described the first 12 months of owning a new Landrover! :D
The ones that get me are the people that payed for everything on the car to be done for them
They still try to make out that they have created or achieved something special
a big wallet just makes you rich it doesnt increase your talent
Well I'm sure the craftsmen and women who worked on the car were grateful for the pay and the opportunity to showcase their talents. The job got done and writing the cheques is a part of every job.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve_35
I watched an offroad show on pay TV about offroad driving in Britain,there was a man with a factory Austin Healey rally car that is worth many hundreds of thousands of dollars that very regulary gets abused by people who claim he is wrecking a very special car by rallying it,his response is that he is using the car for what it was built for. Pat
whether you agree or not about how someone treats (paddock hack or garage queen) thier car, at the end of the day, it is thier car. I personally prefer to drive and enjoy my toys/vehicles as often as possable, but still appreciate the "better than new" trailer queens. I would love to have the money and space to enjoy both concepts, but like most of us that isn't going to happen.
The cheque book restorations are fine, provided the correct people get recognised. Although being paid to work your passion is usually enough for most.
So enjoy what YOU have, the way YOU want.
For me it would feel strange if I let anyone work on my car... I know how I like to do things, and I like to know how they work... So if it does break again, I can fix it.
Concourse is something that I think should be admired... Whether or not they paid someone to do it or they did it themselves does not really matter. What matters is that they have a car that LOOKS amazing. Nothing more nothing less. Does not matter if they had it taken there on a flat bed or they drove it to the show... The point is, it makes them happy.. Isn't that what owning something like that is all about. Just because they do it their way, does not make it any more or less righteous then the way that you would do something. Variety is awesome.
As for a concourse Landy.. why not???
I actually like all types of cars, and, MY opinion is that it is a true shame to own some of these older ones and not experience the feeling of driving them (my opinion)...
I love the look of an older vehicle, cruising down the highway, or a long a beach on a sunny day... Vehicles doing what they are meant to do..
I dont dislike concourse vehicles either, be a trailer queen if you must :cool:
BUT - I absolutely, totally, hate those vehicles built for concourse that cannot be driven, started etc....
These are not examples of a vehicle at its finest, they are shells of a vehicle...
Hide the wiring - great... Trick out and chrome everything - ok...
But if it cant do, what it was built to do in the first place (be driven) then its NOT a vehicle...
The trick is to build awesome, but (in some form) be functional as a vehicle... Now that is an art :D
Something like this:
http://loadinform.com/wp-content/upl...e-supercar.jpg
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/image.../11/Scythe.jpg