How original have you kept yours and why

There are so many opinions on this subject, what it boils down to is you need to make yourself happy first but always remember if you modify a car beyond the point of no return, you can kill the value and history. There are only so many left in the world.

My fish was a hot rod since the late 60's and when I got it the car was rough so I didn't hurt anything. I love them stock and modified, I personally think it depends on what you are starting with. If you have a clean original or a low numbered car, you don't mess with it, but if you have a car that has already been modified or missing everything or needs everything replaced then you have an open canvas to build the car of your dreams without feeling guilty of destroying history.

My 50 merc is just a body with rusty rockers and trunk floor and all the pot metal is garbage so I plan to chop it and stick a Mopar drive train in it, but on the other hand my buddy had a 63 Impala 327 car with original paint original interior and no rust and you could have did a little touch up and air brush work and still stayed way under the acceptable 20% repairs to keep the car a survivor under most car show rules but the jack *** that bought it tore the car down and restored it as an SS and in my eyes destroying the car. I blame myself for that since I could have bought the car and didn't.

I know it was a Chevy but I have a 63 conv that my father bought new so I have a big soft spot for the early Impala's and as far as the Merc, my uncle has an original Barris Merc that he has owned for 35 years that is powered by a 392 Hemi and ever since I was 9 years old I was interested in the original 50's customs.