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Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 12:33:39 -0400
From: "Hall, Scott" <halls@fdhc.state.fl.us>
Subject: RE: Well, hasn't THIS just become all complicated on me?!?
Hah!!
'Vette's?!? Porsches?!?
You have not seen _anal_retentive_ until you've seen the vintage
Mustang crowd. I went to a local 'Vette show here about a month ago
fully expecting to see the people arguing about which was the correct
shade of metallic baby blue to paint a '70-something Stingray, instead
there were dragsters, road racers, cars airbrushed all over, just
about every conceivable modification I could imagine. Pretty cool.
By contrast, some of the Mustang shows I've been to 'round these parts
have guys bickering over whether the raised white letters on the tires
means those tires had a build date of 6/30/1967 to 7/25/1967, or
earlier, or later, or whatever. Then, did those particular tires
belong on this particular car-they weren't a factory option, but two
dealers on the east side of Spokane, Washington once replaced them as
an upgrade before selling their cars.
I could go on, but I had to leave before they _really_ got serious.
My Kenwood tape player and Torque-Thrusts gave some poor guy
breathing problems, so I slinked away.
Scott
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From: Vincenti, Ross[SMTP:Ross.Vincenti@transamerica.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 1997 11:56 AM
To: Bristol7@aol.com
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Well, hasn't THIS just become all complicated on me?!?
Kirk Yonker wrote:
[snip]In a message dated 97-09-01 18:40:08 EDT, John writes:
Now I have a problem.
"I bought the "roller". It's immaculate. Really... Don't I have an
obligation to do it as close to original as possible?.... I'd really
like
to do it with a fair amount of modification, but am I throwing away
the
real value of the car if I do? Any opinions on this?....
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I often wonder why us lovers of LBC's are stuck in the
originality syndrome....Good Luck! Best Regards, Kirk Yonker
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Kirk - if you think LBC owners are stuck on the originality syndrome I
suggest that you attend a Porsche 356 concours event sometime for
laughs. Oh my God, those guys are NUTS! The missus and I dragged out
the turtle from under its tarp a couple of months ago to attend an
event in Dana Point, CA that was billed as a "casual" concours -
Jeeez! Those guys argued over whether the leather strap and buckle
that holds in the spare tire was supposed to be installed with the
center pointy part of the buckle running up through the hole or down
through the hole!
Needless to say, we ran. We ran fast and we ran far. They are the
devil incarnate! Run I say, run. Do not look back. I fully expected
us to be shot because our 356 has a non-stock set of radio speakers
mounted up under the dash. I have given up on Porsche concours events
- I can't even handle the stress of watching others compete.
Ross D. Vincenti
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