General Auction Rant

[Hotrodpaul]

Before I restored my 69 L-78 Camaro, I looked at as many photos of original unrestored cars as I could and duplicated those marks, nothing more. Also, the existing inspection marks on the suspension were cleaned and left as original. Many cars I have seen are over the top restored with most things being too perfect. If you look at an original unrestored car, it is amazing how sloppy some of the quality and workmanship was. You don't usually see this in a restored car.

Paul

Paul

[juliosz]

I guess the "dealers" are looking for the uninformed buyer in some cases and these types of made-up details are a selling point. The car that really made me cringe at Auburn was this 69 SS Chevelle L78, Lemans Blue. The resto looked nice when I looked under the hood it reminded me of the time my kid got the 64 pak of Crayolas and went crazy on his bedroom wall (actually, his work was a little nicer).

[Mr70]

I've been noticing this for awhile now.
So many are going overboard with these marks & dabs on their hospital clean restorations.
It clashes as bad as Elvis at a bar mitzvah.

[67BelAir427]

I'll add my pet peeve to the list. The "plastic caution " tag that comes on reproduction batteries. You see this one on mega dollar restorations and in photos of otherwise correctly restored magazine cars.One of the makers of restoration batteries said to me that he takes it as a kind of strange compliment to his work when he sees these at car shows.This tag is a safety warning that is required when shipping the battery from him to you in 2006, not in 1969.

Wait a minute.Can you hear the sound of people running to their garages right now?

[RamAirDave]

Ive been known to mark up a car or two. But I can safely say that I've never made any up that werent found and documented during disassembly.

Unfortunately, Ive seen cars that Ive built, several years down the road, that have been marked up like is being discussed. It bugs me. Not only do I know I didnt put them there, I also know that they werent on the car originally.

And maybe someone should tell these guys that the assembly line workers didnt dab/mark anything (except in rare instances)


dave

[Belair62]

I have an untouched original firewall 64 Belair that looks like a billboard...every single accessory, paint code,trim code, Paint,Body,Trim paper stamps,engine code (I think), transmission type (4spd) plus other crap...