Re: Authenticity vs. Modification

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/4/27 10:12:29

Authenticity vs. Modification ( the title of this thread).

I've been waiting for someone else to present the following debate but it looks like i will have to do it.

First of all the purists of authenticity are the most important allies in the world of collectibles. MOSTLY because their cars and knowledge stand as a benchmark for us all to asymptoticaly achieve with our collectibles.

But the purists are not without their dark side. How many good to excellent sedans have been robbed of parts and then scrapped JUST to restore a hard top, convertible or other premium model?????

So the purists tend to sing the somg of 'historical preservation' while scrapping good lower models just to preserve some rust hole of a premier hulk they found somewhere.

WITNESS the tri-5 chevies. How many chev 4 dr. sedans do u see compared to HT's and 2dr sedans??????? 56 chev production figures were about 1.5 KK if i remeber rite. WHAT HAPPEN TO ALL OF THOSE SEDANS?????

Even recently we had a post here at P'info.com hawking their eBay ad for a 55 Carrib with a 400 PARTS CAR. The 400 is a very nice car.

There are other dark sides to the purists too. They are not all that high in their ivory tower of preservation as they believe themselves to be.

There other aspects of the purist dark side too. Anyone else care to carry it on???? Why do i always have to be the asshole??? GUFAW- hahahahaha