Ooops. The last paragraph is in reference to the US
Constitution. Sorry that wasn't clear in my post.
Rich
> ----------
> From: Richard Atherton (Entex)
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 1997 11:19 PM
> To: 'mmcewen(at)gpu.srv.ualberta.ca'
> Cc: 'alpines(at)autox.team.net'; 'tigers(at)autox.team.net'
> Subject: RE: Woooh! Can of worms!!
>
> You wrote "Your Alpine might be British - so is Marks and
> Spencer - but it won't be an
> Alpine. It will be a heavily- modified hot rod which will give you
> great
> satisfaction. It still won't be an Alpine or a Tiger. 20 years from
> now
> it will be junk because it's not stock and not worth saving. One less
> Alpine from an ever shrinking pool. Judging by this list, the number
> of
> original Alpines is shrinking at an
> ever increasing pace. I would hate to think that our sole purpose is
> not
> restoration and preservation but modification and ultimately
> destruction."
>
> I'm afraid that we'll have to agree to Disagree. I simply don't
> agree. A street rod 33' Ford three window coupe is still the same
> car,
> regardless of what powerplant it has. It's an example of what that
> car
> was. Its not the factory version, but it represents what a lot of
> people did with them. Perfect originals belong in museums, where one
> can
> go to view the past. Personally, I rather take a good close look at
> the
> ZZ-Top car. Modifying the cars is Americana.
> Being a US Citizen, I'm glad the we don't live under the
> Original document. It has been improved over the years by a majority
> consensus, and is now better than the original. Many of us look at
> cars
> the same way. We'll agree to disagree.
>
> Rich
>
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