Resto-mod cars.

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pre65
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#31 Re: Resto-mod cars.

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Exile47 wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:46 am
while leaving the external appearance stock. The only things that are not externally stock on my example above are the dropped headlight bar and the wheels/tyres.
That's what makes it look (to me) more like a hotrod.

A less obvious stance and less "showy" wheels would change my opinion.

I could fancy a 3 or 5 window coupe myself. :)
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#32 Re: Resto-mod cars.

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Preserve at all costs if a museum piece or a show car IMHO, however there are some practicalities of even using a classic occasionally...IE an electric fuel pump to prime the carb if the car has sat for a long time, ethanol rated fuel hoses, electronic ignition to help starting and reliability etc. and in some cases it’s just not practical to keep everything original as many parts are simply no longer available and have to be substituted for something that is IE original seatbelts...
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#33 Re: Resto-mod cars.

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Agreed.
Retaining plenty of examples of our automotive history will be come even more important once we are forced to drive an electric clone on our way to having no private transport at all.
Until then................ turn up the volume.
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