I am admitedly new to shopping for parts for vintage vehicles....having only started this project in March this year.....
But one thing I have found is how loosely people like to use the term "driver quality".
I am looking for mirrors roght now on ebay and one seller uses "driver quality" to describe them...meanwhile they are trashed with peeling or deepely pitted (as in huge gouges gone) chrome etc.
On another occasion I bought a piece from someone that they said it
was in a show car so it should be good enough for a driver". I get the part and it is waaaaay worse than I expected and worse than the one I already have. What looekd to be chrome in the picture (it was supposed to be a chrome piece) was (poorly) painte black right over pits and stuff......
I consider my car a "driver" and NOT a show car.....but I like to go to shows and crusies and show her off....
That said, I am careful about what I put on my car......I certainly dont want to put junk on my ride....
Please folks...when you say "driver quality" dont assume that just because I dont consider my car a show car (too many rough edges) I dont want to ADD more rough edges to it!
To me, "driver quality" would mean not perfect.....not "show quality"...but it should also mean "not trashed".
......anyone else have this beef or am I just being a cranky newbie?