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Originally Posted by Knaller
There is a market for classic german, british, italian....we love cars the same as You guys over there! But i, personally, dont like many of them. Especially classic german car owners. They dont like anything but their cars, dont like modifications, dont like anybody... I expect that You have this kind of people in the states also...
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Welcome from another Chevy guy Stateside. You've allright in my book, my son and I are building a pro-touring Camaro, he drives a 87 Blazer with a 350, and after the Camaro Project we will turn our attention to a 1965 Volvo P1800, which I'm sure the Volvo purists will just loose their minds when we pull out the 1.8 liter 4 cylinder and drop in an American V8, with tubs for wide low prifile tires on billet rims, lowered 2 iniches all around, and a sound only a V8 would ever make (and no back seat any more).
There are more than a few of those type of car people you describe around here, who only want to see an original, pure vehicle, as would have been seen coming from the factory. They go car shows called a Concours d' Elegance, beautifully restored pieces of automotive history, many worth more money than I'll make in 10 years, some more than I'll make in a liftime, but they don't DRIVE them!!! What good is a car that doesn't go anywhere, except inside a closed trailer!!! I'm sure the people who designed these cars back in the day would shake their heads in disgust, realizing these classics almost never see the road the way thew were designed.
I don't have that problem. I go to the big Hot Rod Shows, (Good Guys) and belong to a Camaro Club (Camaro's Limited) and hit the local shows that occur on a periodic basis here in the area, especially in the late spring, througout the summer and into the fall. We love swapping whatever go fast parts work for the driver of the car. Hope you have a variety of car shows to go to out there.
I enjoy driving what I work on, making it the way I want it and driving it HARD. And living in the hills in California, I drive the cars I build, and make them more than they were when they came from the factory.
I love living in Northern California, the variety of wine is incredible. But I'll take a cold Bock to a bottle of wine any day of the week. You got me beet there!!!
Happy Hot Rodding