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220 messages, Last post on May 31, 2009 at 5:49 PM
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Replying to: euphonium (May 29, 2009 8:49 am) When you have a LOT of a certain car still around, like a Mustang, and when you have a LOT of people restoring them, the competition is fierce and so the focus becomes more and more intense, and revolves around those little details. But all that can blow up in your face. I've seen judges take points off on a car I know for certain was never touched. The problem of course, is that the factory didn't always do things one particular way, so questions always remain. Striving for perfection can be admirable, and it can become a parody of itself. It depends. In my humble opinion, finding the correct air cleaner on a rare shaker hood or rare intake manifold is indeed striving for perfection and should be rewarded. Insisting on the correct markings on a fender bolt from a car slammed together on an assembly line in Detroit in numbers bordering 1/2 million,---this to me is a waste of good people's good time.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 29, 2009 12:25 pm) They are not easy to attain these days.
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Replying to: euphonium (May 29, 2009 8:36 pm) |
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Replying to: isellhondas (May 29, 2009 5:27 am)
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Replying to: euphonium (May 29, 2009 8:49 am) Personally, I value preserved unrestored cars more than overblown restorations.
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Replying to: tbird8 (May 30, 2009 11:46 am) The 428 was as big as they were able to take that engine block, so it was replaced around 1968. A new big-block came out, initially displacing 429 CID, but in the 70's it bumped up to 460. I know a guy who has one of those "7-Litre" Galaxies, which was the 428. He blew it up somehow, but I forget exactly what happened. Either threw a rod, spun a bearing, or whatever, but it pretty much destroyed the engine.
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Replying to: andre1969 (May 30, 2009 4:20 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 30, 2009 5:12 pm) 
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Replying to: tbird8 (May 30, 2009 11:46 am) I'm not trying to scare you away. As I said, I actually like these cars but unless you have a lot of knowledge or someone who will actually work on one, they can be a nightmare. And, they handle horribly.
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Replying to: fintail (May 30, 2009 2:24 pm) Yes, the over restored cars don't do much for me. In a lot (most) of cases, they weren't that nice when they left the factory. I like the survivor cars myself that the owners can actually drive. |
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