Re: Authenticity vs. Modification
Posted by tbirdman On 2009/4/25 2:34:07
Portlandon- how the hell are you. You better stop arguing on the this site because I know where you work 
My opinion is I like authenticity, but I'm not going cry over someone rodding a car. I don't have any desire to own a rodded car. And I'm definitely not going to fret over someone doing a 6V to 12 V conversion. I actually got a lot of rare spare parts from a person who did a 32 Packard hot rod so I'm happy from that rodding effort. I spent many hours making sure my 32 restoration was authentic (at least what I thought was authentic) including the correct bolt heads. I know most people in our Packard club, don't know and don't care about the bolt heads. However I did on this car. I spent an arm and a leg for a correct fuel pump I found at Hershey. It really doesn't make a difference to others, but to me it did. So that me and not everyone is like me...Thank god!
I struggle with authenticity on my 1912 cadillac. It's 95% correct and to most people, they wouldn't know what has been modified. And you know me, I'm resisting the urge to turn it from a very nice driver where I don't have to worry where I park it or people scratching it, to 100 point show car.
In regards to your comment about your car club as I was a member of your club. Knowing the members, I can't imaging anyone driving the new members away. However I only attended one meeting last year, so I didn't have much interaction in the past year.
It's tough sometimes because seems like every club has it's problem child. We lost a potential member because he saw my club's problem child in action. I tried to convince him that we weren't all like him. So even though he said everyone else he met was nice, the one unpleasant experience drove him away. You need to join our club. 50 is a young age for us
My opinion is I like authenticity, but I'm not going cry over someone rodding a car. I don't have any desire to own a rodded car. And I'm definitely not going to fret over someone doing a 6V to 12 V conversion. I actually got a lot of rare spare parts from a person who did a 32 Packard hot rod so I'm happy from that rodding effort. I spent many hours making sure my 32 restoration was authentic (at least what I thought was authentic) including the correct bolt heads. I know most people in our Packard club, don't know and don't care about the bolt heads. However I did on this car. I spent an arm and a leg for a correct fuel pump I found at Hershey. It really doesn't make a difference to others, but to me it did. So that me and not everyone is like me...Thank god!
I struggle with authenticity on my 1912 cadillac. It's 95% correct and to most people, they wouldn't know what has been modified. And you know me, I'm resisting the urge to turn it from a very nice driver where I don't have to worry where I park it or people scratching it, to 100 point show car.
In regards to your comment about your car club as I was a member of your club. Knowing the members, I can't imaging anyone driving the new members away. However I only attended one meeting last year, so I didn't have much interaction in the past year.
It's tough sometimes because seems like every club has it's problem child. We lost a potential member because he saw my club's problem child in action. I tried to convince him that we weren't all like him. So even though he said everyone else he met was nice, the one unpleasant experience drove him away. You need to join our club. 50 is a young age for us
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