[SSJunkie68-69]

Kind of surprised this thread has gotten so much attention....but that's good.

When I saw this thread, I remembered the original Ebay ad for this "project". I thought the same thing today as I did back the first time I saw it, " who in their right mind would want to take on a project like this?" I thank the original owner for attempting to salvage this car as he had original ties to the car that go beyond what some of us have for our cars. He wanted to hold onto a keepsake that meant something very special to him is the take away I get from his Ebay ad. For some 38+ years he has kept what was left of his pride and joy from back in the day with him, while over the years he parted out the car. Today what is left is just a shell or even a carcass of what was once an almighty machine.

While the ad for the resto shop in GA is cool, you got to ask yourself when is enough, ENOUGH? What is left of this iron that terrorized the street back in the day couldn't even beat Barney Fife in a foot race today.....and by the way, Barney passed as well ( God rest his soul). So you are left with a fraction of the car as it used to be. Only the tag is really left for us to see today along with some mangled metal that makes Fred Flintstone's car look like a modern day master piece. At what point do we, as supporters of this hobby, say enough is ENOUGH? This particular former muscle car, will never be the same. Everything, except the trim tag and front body forks & firewall is all that is left. The rest is gone and will never be the same again.

Yes, I know it is a desirable car from the tag, but at what point do you draw the line? Some of us may go to old places of historical intertests that are renovated and replaced with period pieces but it's not the original surroundings where what ever historical point of the past occured. You just don't walk away with the same feeling ( ok, exclude Graceland !).

That's pretty much the way I feel about a project like this. Yes, it's cool to save, but, at what point do you say does the bad outweigh the good? It will never be exactly what it once was or even close to it, for that matter. What are we passing on for future generations?

Another way of looking at this, is suppose, at some point in the future, you get a chance to rekindle the romance you had with the girls from your teens. You may not of seen her for 20+ years and the headlights may not be the same as well as the tail lights too, had some grill work done, may of changed colors of the top or just plan let the whole shootin' match go the hell in a hand basket. At what point do you say enough is enough and move on?

Just my 2 cents in what has been an interesting discussion.