Ron -- Totally agree with you. A hot rodder should build whatever and however something turns him on. You will never find me arguing that point.
I've actually owned some of those mid 70's cars -- bought brand new.... I was a road rep - and changed cars annually to keep the miles low. Funny how people don't like a one year old car that has 50 or 60,000 miles on it... yet it was started far far fewer times -- and the brakes were used less... than on a 10,000 version -- but that's a different debate!
I think that having owned these --- is why I question "why". They really were truly a low point in automobiles... I don't question for a second - the fact that they can be made into decent running and driving cars. But paint is paint - motors are motors - upholstery is upholstery... as far as costs go. You sink 50 or 60K into one of these --- and my guess is you'd be hard pressed to get back 15... The same money in another car might get you 45 back... and that's my real point. Nothing more. You gotta love that car a LOT to do these.
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