Are you a purist?

I kinda feel like modernizing an old car is a way to compensate for lack of driving skills. if you drive an old car with drums then you need to treat it like an old car with drums. too often people get in trouble by driving an old car same as you would a modern econo-box that can stop on a dime.

its an old guzzler that has limitations, so treat it as such.

I drive them all, to me it makes no difference if a car is a 1 of 10 cuda or a 1 of 249,000 duster, they were all made to drive and that's what im about and I run what I brung, if it has slanty drums then so be it. I have done a few big block swaps but when I do I tend to use all dated factory parts and the result looks "as if the factory did it" not sure how much that bends the purist idea.

factory upgrades are ok, I like electronic ignition but I use all factory parts, and in the case of early A guys I see how factory upgrades are necessary to prevent the car from spontaneously combusting on the highway from the really chintzy parts that the factory put in place. That is why I think the later cars that never get any recognition deserve it, the factory really improved all the cars after 73 with better and bigger suspension parts and so on.