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Originally Posted by RS-Chris
No offense taken. (and thanks!)
That's the great thing about this hobby though is the mix of styles and opinions therein. For every owner that loves the stock lines of a '69 and wouldn't dream of messing with it, there are owners who see the potential for modification screaming from every line.
For this car though, it was on a different trajectory from the day a 2000hp Nelson motor was installed. The 'purpose' of starting with a '69 Camaro, plain and simply, is that is what the owner wanted. As builders, it would be a pretty dull looking shop portfolio if all the cars came in and went out looking the same. No matter what vehicle we start with, someone is going to get upset if you do anything other than a factory restoration. If the owner was worried about resale, he would have probably bought a Porsche.
As a shop, a build like this gives us a chance to stretch our design and fabrication 'legs'. The guys working on the car enjoy it because there are unknown elements that are genuinely a challenge to create, from a design standpoint it is a rewarding challenge to gather hundreds of elements and generate something the owner loves, we can be proud of as a shop and hopefully inspire others down the road. Personally, building something unique is truly more satisfying than building a clone of what everyone else finds 'suitable' or 'acceptable'.
As mentioned before, no offense taken. The owner of this car, ultimately is the one we are looking to please.
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Very well said!!
If I had the skills, there is something from almost everyone of your builds I would find a way to copy. Now how about some updated pics of that Firebird?