Stephen's car to me is a "restification" (restoration/modification) or
resto-mod if you like. It's a super nice car but deviates from original. I
think certain sacrifices have to be made such as selt belts added or radial
tires verses bias-plys...but once you go in and change things far beyond the
way the car was built or intended to be used then you leave the restoration
world and are into restification.
>From a dictionary...to restore is "to bring back to an original condition"
If you restored an antique piece of funriture, jeweley, Ming vase or even
the Sistine Chapel (by Michael Angelo) you wouldn't put your own "personal"
spin on it.
On the American Hot Rod TV program, Boyd just finished a Corvette but I
certainly wouldn't call his cars restorations even if they are 100 times
nicer than they came from the factory.
To me "restored" is just an over used word either on purpose or out of
ignorance (for lack of a better word) to increase the seller's gains or
car's status. Lots of car on Ebay say "restored" and I think to myself a
dumptruck of Bondo and gallon of house paint don't make the car restored.
Also one of my favorite lines is..."frame-off restoration" when it comes to
unibody cars...I guess if you drilled/chiseled out a unibody structure,
restored it and then rewelded the whole darn thing back together again you
could call it frame-off.
Just my 2 cents worth,
Paul
>From: Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
>To: DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com>, tigers@autox.team.net, "'Alpine's
>Peak'" <alpines@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Restoring a Car or other Vehicle
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:09:34 -0800 (PST)
>
>"Reconditioned" sounds too much like something you'd find on a used car
>lot.. you know, "certified pre-owned." It sure doesn't reflect the
>extreme level of detail and quality that went into my car as well as so
>many other "resto-mods". How about that.. "Resto-mod". I'm OK with that
>since they are the cars bringing in the top dollars at the auctions
>nowadays. "Fully restored resto-mod".
>
>The strict originality argument falls down, especially when you
>consider the necessity for safety upgrades. Would radial tires
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