Ron,
Oh, I know exactly what makes us change things, I didn't just fall off the
turnip truck. Since you opened the door I was just making a sweeping
generalization to motives. Don't take it personally.
BTW, as a repair shop it makes it MUCH harder to carry out most repairs due
to many of these "improvements". It's the owner's nickel....
Dave
frogeye@porterscustom.com
Porter Customs
Albuquerque, NM USA 87107
505-352-1378
1954 BN2
Porter Custom Bicycles
www.britishcarforum.com/portercustoms.html
http://picasaweb.google.com/porterscustombicycles/PorterCustomBicyclesStuff
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces+frogeye=porterscustom.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+frogeye=porterscustom.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of F. Ronald Rader
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:32 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] more tranny conversion Nash Healey
dave .
it is not my job nor responsibility to preserve every vehicle as original.
My BJ8 is original.
my Jaguar E coupe has Wilwood brakes so it can actually stop as well as it
goes.
i don't want it to be a valuable museum piece. i want it to be a fun car
that i can put 1000's of miles a year on driving around the country.
this way it will be seen by many more people than it would if it was a
perfectly restored original sitting in a garage or museum.
if yo want to see the nash healey perfectly restored then you buy one and do
that with yours.
ron
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On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Dave Porter <frogeye@porterscustom.com>
wrote:
> By the time we (as a group of enthusiasts) get done modifying this part or
> that, they are no longer valuable as a representation of that
> manufacturer.
> If it's "no fun" as original, I'd say sell it and get something that is
> "fun" and allow someone else to enjoy the originality. My take on the
> question.
> Dave
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