Who restores old cars?

[turbomangt]

I found this on a Benz forum and thought it was worth sharing, if you love old cars like I do, you can relate to it.
“I have been kicking around older cars for some time now, every one of my cars represents something that cannot not be replaced. Cars of this era (30 years older) are a wonderful example of automobile craftsmanship. The sort that existed before electronic machines arranged so much of life so neatly and so quickly. People that see these cars find it interesting that the lines of the car and the way the trim pieces were assembled and sculpted into the body with such precision, that it yielded a car with such definite personality and presence. That presence as opposed to the “Me, too, Japanesey look of so many of today’s cars.

1969 represented the ending of an era, the ending of a time when a lot of people cared about what they did and how it was done. A time when it mattered that something was designed and built with the idea that it just might total its usable life in terms of decades or perhaps generations. Not even the Mercedes of today includes that in its corporate culture anymore. This old Mercedes in fact did represent and ending of an era. I remember it well. A time when a lot of American families had dinner together, and actually spoke with each other with something other than rancor. A time when we as a people actually tried to keep our word, rather then offering a lot of rationalization when we didn’t.

Some people may be caustic over how much money I put into this car, but they are forgetting that this finely restored automobile has a value beyond the money I have into it. I measure worth in terms of satisfaction, and pride. As we move farther in time, fewer of these classics will be around. To that end, such a part of history cannot be calculated in dollars and cents. It is timeless.

[IRPT]

Very true! I made a big mistake selling my '67 Vette, you can bet I won't make the same mistake with my '72!

[bobs turbo pt]

thats very true, i just spent a ton of cash on my 1070 dodge dart 340 4 speed dart swinger but i wouldn't change a thing even though some people think you are nuts for the amount of money we put into old cars!! www.richmondcountymopars.com