Muscle Cars - Old Or New - What's For You?

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, asrestoration, then restore it to factory specs.
you know I restore cars for a living, and my way ofBut if you've ever pictured a custom hot rod muscle
doing things is to combine the best of the old, withcar, well then you may not like the whole factory
that best of the new, obviously I like the old bodystock idea, it does mean exactly what it says,
styles, I just think that they had more class andfactory 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 itcar had the option to have front disc brakes, most
really doesn't matter what you like, they're both a lotof them didn't have that option though.
of fun, but I just love the old ones, so I take theYou could get an automatic transmission in most of
steering, suspension, and braking systems and retrothem, but most people opted for the four on the
fit them to work with the old muscle cars, this givesfloor, or four speed standard transmission, now you
them all the advantages of having a new car, butcould 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 disagreesuspension, and the new power steering has quicker
with me here, because I said that I restored cars forturning ratios, making the car go through the corners
a living, and I know that you've all heard that the carwith 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 byYou can have all the modern conveniences like GPS,
selling it, you won't make any money at all if youhigh powered car stereo gear, digital dash boards,
restore it first, it costs a lot of money, and takes awell 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 hasof another person, and just don't like their car when
that nostalgia of being an old car, you might as wellit's done.
do it the way that you picture in your mind to be the