Finding a Race Car Opinions

71GSSDemon said

Ok, back to other cars. Where is the line? What cars need to be restored back to stock and what cars need to show their history and changes over the years?


Also, I repurchased all the original NOS fender decals he had during that time. Debating putting them back one as well....

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This is always a tough choice when someone is in your shoes.
Since the line is different for each of us, I’d have to draw mine at the point of if metal is cut up. An example would be is, if it were;

Mini tubbed
Inner fenders missing
How much fiberglass I’d have to swap to metal
How much rust needs new metal
How much interior was delegated and thrown away

This is why I get roasted by my friends a little. I normally pick up rusted junkers. It makes modifications easier to do. I won’t take a good resto candidate and chop it up much less a really good surviver. I like to modify the cars I drive.

My wife’s car is lightly modified. EZ to go back to a stock engine and pass as a resto to the untrained eye. She just asked me to hop up the engine or some power. Going back to stock is just swapping the rear springs, wheels out for stocker and the engine and exhaust to suite the ‘67 Cuda.