Multi Tone Hate.....Who's with me?

The comment about leaving a factory hot rod the way it was when it left the factory strikes me as amusing. I grew up in the muscle car era and worked in a service station all through high school and college when they were new. Steel wheels and dog dish hub caps were delivered on a lot of these cars because people didn't want to pay for something they planned to toss any way. Young single guys preferred bench seats to buckets so your girl could sit up close.

The first thing that happened to a huge precentagre of these cars was to put Cragers, Keystones, Torque Thrusts or what ever wheel tickled your fancy and a set of fat tires on the back. The back end got jacked up, open element air cleaners were added and headers were installed along with glass paks or "turbo" mufflers. Lots of times these changes were made by the dealer before the car ever left the lot. Back then it was much easier for the car owner to make machanical changes than it was to change the appearance so you seldom saw custom stripes and paint jobs but it did happen and the style was huge flake metallics and lace.

The point i am trying to make is these cars were seldom left stock after they rolled off the assembly floor so why should they be stock now. Even today new cars are seldom left stock when they are purchased by enthusiasts.

Personally, I drive an old car because I like the feeling of driving something different and no matter how many two tone paint jobs you see it will still be an extremely unique ride. I also like my cars to perform and have creature comforts so to that end I will make upgrades to bring the car up to todays standards as my budget allows. If I couldn't makes these changes I wouldn't own the car and would be driving a late model performance car.