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Old 01-22-2020, 12:18 PM
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I don't understand people like that. What do that have to gain except maybe stroking their ego if it's because he's miffed someone scooped the car on him? I group them in, almost, with the "I'm going to restore it" crowd that let nice rigs rot away in their yard or garage just because they can't or won't admit to themselves that they'll never actually be able to do it. At least they have delusions of grandeur versus being motivated by greed or whatever it is.
I don't understand either.

It was cheaper to create an entirely new front end from scratch than to reunite this car with it's original aluminum.

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Old 01-22-2020, 04:48 PM
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I don't understand either.

It was cheaper to create an entirely new front end from scratch than to reunite this car with it's original aluminum.

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It's all ego. I've something you want, and you can't have it. Just like when we were children.
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Old 01-22-2020, 06:17 PM
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It's all ego. I've something you want, and you can't have it. Just like when we were children.
Ego and emotions. Bad mix.
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