Why restore??

[MikeA]

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If restoring a Z28 / RS / SS / Copo / Yenko these body shells will save a lot of time for the end user.

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Based on that statement from the ad it appears that they may not be marketing these things only as "kits".

[sixtiesmuscle]

I'm sure they'll sell them to anybody with the money to buy one. It's not THEIR business what the end user does with it. It will be interesting to see how many "kit cars" actually show up. I don't like the fact that these are being made, but, I am impressed by the man's ingenuity, and, resoucefulness. If he can get them made without doing anything illegal, and, they sell well, it's a great business innovation. Kinda surprised nobody has done it before.

[SamLBInj]

This is the same as a Shelby 427 clone or even an old 32 ford coupe clone. If I had a Shelby, got into an accident and wiped out the body and frame, I then get an aftermarket frame, drop on an aftermarket body, put in the rear,hook up the nom 427 and nom trans that was in the original car and Wala! I fixed my original Shelby or did I? would it still be a Shelby? the only original part is the rear? you decide.

The problem is that they are Marketing it as "REPLACEMENT PARTS" which is wrong.
I was recently at Hershey and saw a Duesenburg that had 40,000 hours of resto time, I was thinking I could build that car from scratch and manufacture all the parts myself in a lot less time than that, But it would not be a Duesenburg, it would be a Sammy Special! and im sure the duesenburg would sell for alot more money than the Sammy even though they are identical.
Half the fun of restoring a car is trying to find the parts.
They should call it a different name and they might do alot better, people would still want the car style and wouldnt be afraid to modify it.jmho.
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