@6S1523....I'm all-for getting 'em back on the road, just don't understand the logic behind what I was discussing at post #155.
Nice Project. Keep us informed on your journey.
Here’s the thing, if you’re worried about “original” in the sense that it has to be the way it left SA, then more than half the cars sold from 65-67 should piss you off, because the dealerships did what they had to in order to sell the car to the first owner.
My car left SA and went to High Performance Motors. Before it was sold to the first owner, the car had the Berry Plastiglass spoilered deck lid and end caps, Thunderbird tail lights. An 8-Track with speakers hacked into the doors, and Dual Quads installed. So if that’s how the car was first sold, is it wrong to make the car that way? Well, no. Can you argue that the car should be “stock” base spec with 10-spokes? Sure. There are technically TWO correct “original” versions of my car before it was ever purchased by the original owner. After it was traded in and sold a second time all bets are off, and 157,000 miles later, enough years and miles have passed under the chassis that “original as it left SA” is a very expensive proposition.
So what’s wrong with bolting on some improved parts 55 years later? Not a damn thing. And anyone who wants to argue that is going to get told where they can put their opinions. You guys can be staunch on your beliefs that these cars should be a certain way, but I’m willing to bet most of you guys can’t even claim your own bodies are in well respected “original factory condition”, most of us have some wear and tear that will prevent us from being “good as new”. Why are we holding every example of these cars to unrealistic standards when we can’t apply the same standards to ourselves.