Good points 214Chevelle about the actual mentality of these builders.
I also find myself much more drawn to stock "resto" cars that used to bore me. Now its the overdone pro-tour cars that bore me unless they are truly standout. I like to see a little chrome, a little gap, some emblems, a little OEM even when the car is heavily modified.
IMO while I'm still glad cars like Inferno exist, they are overdone and too modern for me. While I have a lot of respect for the Ring Brothers for examples, I find their show cars to be way over knick knacked and almost incoherent in their styling.
For example my '68 Mustang is lowered to the ground on a custom chassis and has 18" wheels. It was wide bodied 4" through the character lines and even Mustang guys at the shows are not usually able to point it out. The flares are tasteful and the styling mimics the Shelby front end. The drip rails are shaved, but I still have chrome and emblems on the car. No one is going to mistake it for a stock '68 Mustang but there is no styling wackiness and even the aforementioned 18" wheels are kind of a low key generic CCW style that doesn't look overly modern. I'm starting to have 2nd thoughs on the wildly louvered hood because that one radical piece kind of undoes the other points.
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