70 AAR rebuild…
Totally. I really respect the effort to put the car back on the road, and it could be a nice car when he's done. But as you pointed out restorations on cars like that can be kind of a slippery slope. They sell for all that money because they're a "real" whatever they are. And at some point people can't wrap their head around it anymore. When he's done with that AAR, all that will be left of the original car is the cowl, rockers, doors and the b-post door jambs. Will anyone be able to see that as a "real" AAR anymore? I dunno. Technically it's got the VIN and door sticker, so it's a real AAR. But that's about all its got. It's a lot more work than a shade tree re-body and it's totally legal, but I don't know if the deep pockets will still consider it "real" enough to fork over the cash.
It's all in how you look at it...
Totally. I really respect the effort to put the car back on the road, and it could be a nice car when he's done. But as you pointed out restorations on cars like that can be kind of a slippery slope. They sell for all that money because they're a "real" whatever they are. And at some point people can't wrap their head around it anymore. When he's done with that AAR, all that will be left of the original car is the cowl, rockers, doors and the b-post door jambs. Will anyone be able to see that as a "real" AAR anymore? I dunno. Technically it's got the VIN and door sticker, so it's a real AAR. But that's about all its got. It's a lot more work than a shade tree re-body and it's totally legal, but I don't know if the deep pockets will still consider it "real" enough to fork over the cash.
It's all in how you look at it...
