Market for survivors...

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Originally Posted by Big Block Bill

We all do. When it came to Cars, David really brought Original, Un-restored, and the term Survivor to the level of respect that these cars deserved. Even in 1990, it was long over due. It's only original once.

Bill

I agree - and even before that David was leading the way on "proper" Corvette restorations that involved research and duplication of factory blemishes/overspray/assembly procedures/etc. that eventually made it into the steel body car world. It also was the beginning of the differentiation between a blow it all apart/sandblast everything and paint type restoration vs. the more methodical approach the he used which has become more mainstream today for the higher end shops.

I worked at a Corvette restoration shop in the late 80's and early 90's when this was all starting to come out and David was a frequent guest teacher - it was an exciting time.