Here, here, Cullen!!!!
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
B382001600LRXFE TAC #740
B9006857LRX
---- Cullen McCann <cmccann@lwpb.com> wrote:
> "... but am looking at another car that has a repaired floor and repaired
> trunk floor........"
>
> I told myself I wouldn't say anything because when I got started on my car I
> remember asking this same question, and the list beat the subject to
> death..and has since several times and that's just in the few years that I
> have been involved remotely. BUT, I can't leave it completely alone so I will
> say this:
>
> IMHO, just about any car outside of the southwest that was driven on the
> street has had some level of floor pan or trunk repair from rust. I cannot
> fathom, from anyone's perspective, that replacing floor pans or a trunk pan
> would take away its authenticity whatsoever. I agree with Tom that the system
> is there to validate Tigers, and that they are often TAC'd with far more
> extensive repairs than that. So I would consider that the defining factor from
> the communities perspective as a whole. But, like Rande said, ultimately you
> are the most important person that has to be comfortable with it.
>
> I'm getting on my soapbox for a minute. This thought is just a rant and
> directed at NO ONE, just ..."the system" so please no one be offended. I have
> actually been dealing with this on another collector car issue and I'm
> throwing it out there for you guys to ponder.....or criticize.
>
> This subject plaques my thoughts because I see a real dynamic in the community
> of these cars and others with historical following. There are many subtle
> levels of cars' conditions. Some are time capsules, perfect in every way (and
> congrats to you guys who own them) Some are rusty, some have had collisions,
> some were raced and their battle scars are celebrated, some were street cars
> with no history and their SAME history is less desirable because they didn't
> incur their damage while competing. Some have been heavily modified, either
> years ago or presently. And what I see is that people want to clearly define
> exactly what that car is now....and have we passed that point of being true to
> the car or not, etc. Frankly, I've given up on it. Cars are evolutionary, and
> they are a representation of the history that surrounds them. A patch panel
> here or there to resolve....LIFE. Nobody is going to take away what my car is
> to me because of a self appointed label with no clear definition based on a
> intangible comparison to the "perfect car"...when that car basically doesn't
> exist. Some guys have cars that are more correct than others, but if you have
> replaced your headlight ring then you have deviated from something, somewhere,
> whether it is admitted or not. And some of us don't buy the most prestigious
> car for sale. Some of us buy the rusty, tired, wrecked, dented projects to
> save them, because we can, and because we want to be a part of something
> bigger. And we would prefer to not have our cars looked down on because they
> have had more extensive work than the aforementioned time capsule..locked away
> in a bubble all its life, hidden from the elements and hidden from the life
> that pantina'd its fenders or corroded its floor pans. That was the same
> corrosion that came as a result of having been caught in the rain with your
> grandkids on the way back from Disneyland. Am I ashamed of my rusty floor
> pans? No way in hell...
>
> ok, I'm done. .......Thanks for listening, tune in next week.
>
> Cullen
> B382001452 LROFE
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