Nick is right. My question to those that say it MUST BE ORIGINAL is, what
is the difference between a car customized in this era, possibly by the
owner, and cars customized in the 20's-40's by Fleetwood, LeBaron, Derham
or anyone else. Walter P's gift to his son of a 'custom '32 Chrysler
roadster was OK then and it's a much sought to see attraction now. Walter
P's car is featured in the WPC Newsletter this month. It's beautiful and
accepted and praised.
BUT, Don't forget, IT'S CUSTOMIZED! Shudder-er-er-er-er!
A car is a way for a person to demonstrate their personality. Customizing
is the best way to show this for many people.
Well, that's enough. This soapbox is getting shaky.
Mike Sersen
:-{)
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> From: Sperduto, Nick <SperdutoN@DNB.COM>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu
> Subject: [FWDLK] Why we do what we do ?
> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:26 AM
>
> The post about the car on Ebay led me to this post.
> Why do we have these cars ?
> Me personally, I just like cars and too me there's no hot rods, customs,
> resto rods, restorations or whatever word you want to use. I just think
of
> them as cool cars.
> Am I a die hard mopar fan ? No. Actually, I'm not a die hard any brand
fan.
> I will say I would rather buy American than foreign, but is no
> justification, it's just what I like. As far as old cars, I own one
> Plymouth, 2 chevies and 1 oldsmobile.
> Did I go searching for any of the cars, No, I just happened upon them.
> When I was in College, my plymouth was parked for a year in the back of
the
> parking lot of the supermarket across the street. I liked the look of it,
I
> thought it was cool. I had always wanted a 57 Chevy, not because it was a
> Chevy, but because I liked the look of it and as a kid it's the car you
see
> most often. I finally got the owner of the Plymouth to sell it to me. I
> borrowed $300 bucks from my sister (I was broke and out of work with a
> broken leg) and drove the car home. Years down the road, I had finished
the
> plymouth and was hiking in the forest clearing some trail for an offroad
> motorcycle event when the I started taling to the pres of my club that I
> wanted a new project car and he tells me he has a 53 Chevy in his garage.
> After all the details were figured out. It was his first car bought in 63
> and built to go drag racing in 67 and left with it's new motor sitting in
> his garage since 67, never to be raced. Has 41,000 miles on the odo and
is
> basically rust and dent free. $1000 later, it was in my garage. This is
my
> current project it won't be resotred to original because I don't really
care
> about 100% originality, I just like it if it looks good.
> Last summer, my grandmother call me and see an ad in her local condo
> association paper. For $600 I came home this time with a 4 door 57 Beliar
> that needs floors and fender patches and interior. for $200 I picked up a
> use v/8 and auto trans. My wife likes 4 door cars and she wanted this
one.
> This one is on the back burner. This spring, my grandmother called me
again
> and hooked me up with a guy from her senior citizen center and for a
hundred
> dollars, I towed home a 74 Oldsmobile delta 88 convertible and after a
fuel
> pump and brake rebuild, some used tires, I have $425 into the car and I'm
> cruising with the top down. I've never actually gone looking for an old
car,
> I happen upon them and if I like them and they are a good deal, I buy
them.
> I also know of a 48 Dodge that will probably end up mine just so it
doesn't
> go to the junkyard. I do have a special place in my heart for my
Plymouth.
> It is the one car that I will never sell. A) because how much is it
really
> worth, not much, it's a Plymouth, and not enough to really benefit me B)
> because I had about 10 guys help me do the car when it was ready for the
> junkyard and I knew nothing about body work and there were great
friendships
> and memories built from that car. Friends that I will never
> forget. My wife has an 84 Honda, personally I don't care for the car, I
> don't lilke small cars, but it was the first car she bought brand new. So
> now I am fixing the rust and painting it. She has memories in the car of
her
> and her father who passed away years ago. Since it's something she
cherishes
> and I know how to do the work, what a few hours in the barn making it
look
> nice and her happy.
> I just enjoy old cars. I like working on them, well not maybe everything
on
> them. I hate taking auto trans out on the ground and I hate changing
exhaust
> or dropping gas tanks, but it's all part of the big picture.
> I met a neighbor (he has a 67 Mustang) and he actaully knew what my
plymouth
> was and asked what cruise nights I was going to since he saw me leaving
> often. I told him. None really, I use the car for normal driving. I even
fit
> a counter top refidgerator in the truck to take back to Walmart.
>
> I just like cars period and people have different ideas of what they want
> them to look like. If someone wants to chop or modify their car, then all
> the power to them. If all the cars in the world looked the same, things
> would be boring. Kind of like the newer cars. Can anybody tell the
diference
> in the years of newer cars, I know I can't.
>
> I guess that's enough babbling for now.
>
> Nick
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