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post #46 of 53
6/3/07 at 10:57am
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Originally Posted by Nantucket Red View Post
You're a snot in reverse.

Yeah, I know. Thought I might try to derail the thread but I guess there's no love for "practical" exotics like the GTR or Z32.
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post #47 of 53
6/3/07 at 4:05pm
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Originally Posted by caelte View Post

A pushrod lorry lump in one of the most beautiful cars ever conceived? And a heavy one, too! That's just wrong. That thing must weigh hundreds of pounds more than the lithe and elegant (just look at the gorgeous finning on the oil pan!) Alfa twincam four.

And those gauges? They look like they belong in a Firebird with a bloody chicken on the nose.

It's like that company that throws out perfectly good Jaguar inline sixes and replaces them with Chevy lorry motors.
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post #48 of 53
6/3/07 at 9:45pm
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Originally Posted by SGladwell View Post
And those gauges? They look like they belong in a Firebird with a bloody chicken on the nose.



I agree about the guages and the work on the body as well but disagree on the engine.
I like the idea of the beast within, but it upsets me to see the personal history of a car erased by any kind of restoration.

The thead is about a daily driver, one way to make that happen in a dependable way, is to swap the engine for a more reliable one.

Now, everytime I see a Firebird , I'm going to think Firechicken.
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post #49 of 53
6/3/07 at 10:42pm
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I like the idea of the beast within, but it upsets me to see the personal history of a car erased by any kind of restoration.

That Alfa is quite the Frankencar.

I think as long as a car has some sort of provenance, the personal history won't be erased by a restoration. That said, the extent of modification I can bear in a restoration are a color change and perhaps a few updates for the sake of safety and performance that are not visible.

Anal concourse restorations I find annoying, however. It's possible to restore a car to a reasonable degree for a daily driver, which seems to me a more sane approach.
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post #50 of 53
6/4/07 at 12:13pm
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Originally Posted by Nantucket Red View Post
That Alfa is quite the Frankencar.

I think as long as a car has some sort of provenance, the personal history won't be erased by a restoration. That said, the extent of modification I can bear in a restoration are a color change and perhaps a few updates for the sake of safety and performance that are not visible.

Anal concourse restorations I find annoying, however. It's possible to restore a car to a reasonable degree for a daily driver, which seems to me a more sane approach.

Were thinking along the same lines.
The paper record isn't what I'm concerned about.
Those "anal concourse restorations" drive out the ghosts.
The spiritual record of the auto is erased.
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post #51 of 53
6/4/07 at 9:55pm
Our thinking on restorations is definitely similar. My grandfather had a one-of-a-kind '32 Packard Twin Six Dietrich that he restored nearly to perfection except that he left the steering column just as the car had come to him in its original rust-pocked chrome. He said he did it to make concourse judges throw up their hands in disgust.
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post #52 of 53
6/5/07 at 1:38am
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Originally Posted by Nantucket Red View Post
Our thinking on restorations is definitely similar. My grandfather had a one-of-a-kind '32 Packard Twin Six Dietrich that he restored nearly to perfection except that he left the steering column just as the car had come to him in its original rust-pocked chrome. He said he did it to make concourse judges throw up their hands in disgust.

I wish more individuals with the means to restore would think in terms of conservation.
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post #53 of 53
6/11/07 at 12:11am
I'd love one. Can't justify price of maintenance, low supply of parts, and a host of other items as a daily driver.
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