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barnfind08 · 10-29-2011, 10:22 AM

Some friends and I who have all been in the parts business for many years have been discussing whether anyone is truly restoring a car anymore or are they just maintaining the original restoration or upon finding a car that has never been restored just keeping it the way they found it with a few upgrades to get it running? I myself have all these cars and years ago had intensions with my n.o.s. parts to build concourse cars. Knowing I can not do all of them with not all that many years left I have decided to build them to drive. Rubbing out the paint instead of a paint job, not hanging any fenders, running original grills and just doing the mechanicals. This seems so much faster and easier. What say you guys. Of course to each his own, but lets hear some conversation.

10-29-2011, 10:22 AM	#1
barnfind08 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 893	Poll: Anybody "Restoring A Car" Some friends and I who have all been in the parts business for many years have been discussing whether anyone is truly restoring a car anymore or are they just maintaining the original restoration or upon finding a car that has never been restored just keeping it the way they found it with a few upgrades to get it running? I myself have all these cars and years ago had intensions with my n.o.s. parts to build concourse cars. Knowing I can not do all of them with not all that many years left I have decided to build them to drive. Rubbing out the paint instead of a paint job, not hanging any fenders, running original grills and just doing the mechanicals. This seems so much faster and easier. What say you guys. Of course to each his own, but lets hear some conversation.