Hot Rodder or Purist?

Wayyyy back before the "clone" thing, original (NOT with the motor it was born with!) Mopar musclecars were everywhere. Few people dropped BB into slant or 318 whatever cars. Too many real cars out there even if they were rollers, most were not though. But back in the 70s, 80s, these muscle cars were just old gas guzzlers too. Back then, there were probably more traditional hotrodders, stuff out of the 30s, 40;s 50s.
When the first clones showed up at BJ,I asked myself WHY!????? Too darn easy f=to find a real car to restore and haul to BJ to flip. I figured those were flipper cars!
Now days it does not bother me at all, o buy any "lesser" car and make it what I want, not really a true clone, just building what I want out of what Mother Mopar gave me to work with!