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Last I checked this was a Packard forum but I've been in Canada for 4 days.
Posted on: 2017/7/10 0:42
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Garrett, there is no simple global answer to your question. Whether to maintain originality or restore depends entirely on the elements of the individual situation.
Posted on: 2017/7/10 7:56
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while I agree with the comment on no blanket answer, very few of these "reality" shows do restorations. Perhaps Carini's. Most are mod and rod, hack and whack.
Posted on: 2017/7/10 13:00
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Clearly I am indeed injecting a seasoning of ego here, but if I restore a Packard it's usually worth more than unrestored. There's several other restoration shops that could easily add "provenance" to the right cars. Surely a 70s Triumph or 6 cyl Mustang would never see the return of investment. In the vintage hot rod world we say "barn find is the new flat black." That has applied to several venues of car collecting now, some who even think the decades of dirt and poultry excrement even has value. Things can easily go from sublime to all out ridiculous. Restoration, complete or partial, should always be approached with all due diligence in place before the task begins. Shelby Gt500KR conv or your big sister's 6cyl Mustang coupe? A Packard 120 Darrin or a same year 115 sedan? Make sense? Or did I build you a clock vs tell you the time?
Posted on: 2017/7/10 17:33
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As I have the before photo's of my 54 Cavalier I would not own it if I got it un-restored.
The bigger issue is I also have all the receipts for the restoration which cost at least three times what I paid for the car. I have a 1922 original paint model T ford which I should restore but they are only original once. Jim
Posted on: 2017/7/15 12:37
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Jim is correct. I have seen his 54 and it is lovely. Ernie
Posted on: 2017/7/15 17:47
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