A question of originality

70dart340 said

I want modern performance with all the modern safety equipment, and keeping my # matching parts, with the build sheet, put away incase whoever inherits the car can restore it to the build sheet. The brake system is a big part of this, especially with the SBP pattern. I'm watching this one closely.

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Great advise! I will probably keep the original parts based on this thought and store them, as-is, so that anyone in the future wanting to restore the car to original condition can do so if they choose, while allowing me to get the best performance and handling right now, while I'm still young enough (in my mind) to go rip up the blacktop. Anyone who has read my resto thread knows what a long, strange trip it's been. I'm already behind the game by not having a numbers-matching engine in this car, but I'm building the engine I want. Same should go for brakes and suspension, from my point of view. I just want to keep as much original as I can, but not at the sake of performance or safety. It's always helpful to get the opinions of others before jumping off the proverbial cliff and doing something I may regret down the road.