I don't want to sound like I am getting up on a soap box here but bear with me for a second.
I hate to see this done to cars and I will tell you why. This car has been modified base one someones opinion. His opinion. If he wants to sell this car, he will have to sell his opinion of what the car should look like. This is a much smaller group to sell to. I don't mind a little mod here and there and I am far from a purest. It is the radical car overhauls that turn me off.
OK, resale aside.
It can be argued that it is his car, do what you want to it. This is what I say to that.
He just, in effect, took one more car out of the mix for the rest of us. Sure it makes all of our cars just a little bit more valueable, but it also makes it harder for new folks to get into the hobby.
With as much as he left origianl, he probably could have made this whole car out of fiberglass just as easily and it would have been worth just as much.
By the way, I am not talking about the one-offs and customs done in the 1970s. This isn't the 70s anymore and you can't still just order one of these anymore.
I know a lot of this has been obvious and over stated.
Just my 2 cents. Flame away...
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