| Can I ask you a question, do you love muscle cars? | | | | best, if that happens to be a factory stock |
| If so do you love the new ones, or the old ones, as | | | | restoration, then restore it to factory specs. |
| you know I restore cars for a living, and my way of | | | | But if you've ever pictured a custom hot rod muscle |
| doing things is to combine the best of the old, with | | | | car, well then you may not like the whole factory |
| that best of the new, obviously I like the old body | | | | stock idea, it does mean exactly what it says, |
| styles, I just think that they had more class and | | | | factory stock, which means that you get the old |
| style. | | | | drum brakes from the 1960's and 1970's, unless your |
| The old muscle cars just fit my style better, but it | | | | car had the option to have front disc brakes, most |
| really doesn't matter what you like, they're both a lot | | | | of them didn't have that option though. |
| of fun, but I just love the old ones, so I take the | | | | You could get an automatic transmission in most of |
| steering, suspension, and braking systems and retro | | | | them, but most people opted for the four on the |
| fit them to work with the old muscle cars, this gives | | | | floor, or four speed standard transmission, now you |
| them all the advantages of having a new car, but | | | | could have four wheel disc brakes, a six speed |
| with the old style looks. | | | | standard transmission, much nicer riding, and handling |
| I know that somebody will spark up and disagree | | | | suspension, and the new power steering has quicker |
| with me here, because I said that I restored cars for | | | | turning ratios, making the car go through the corners |
| a living, and I know that you've all heard that the car | | | | with less effort, and you might as well have the best |
| will lose value if you modify it, and this is true, it will, | | | | of both worlds. |
| but if your restoring the car to make a profit by | | | | You can have all the modern conveniences like GPS, |
| selling it, you won't make any money at all if you | | | | high powered car stereo gear, digital dash boards, |
| restore it first, it costs a lot of money, and takes a | | | | well you get the idea, it's your car, so build it your |
| lot of time to restore a car. | | | | way, don't let anybody tell you how to do it, I have |
| If you restoring that car because you love it, | | | | seen it to many times where people go on the word |
| because it reminds you of the good times, and has | | | | of another person, and just don't like their car when |
| that nostalgia of being an old car, you might as well | | | | it's done. |
| do it the way that you picture in your mind to be the | | | | |