RE: [Chevelle-list] Where will it end??

[Ron Sparks]

I'm in the camp that if you want to do ANYTIHNG with your car, it's your business. This is the way I look at it:   1) It's my car 2) It's my money 3) It's my time   Those that have a greater then thee attitude about original cars, all I can say is they get the money for them when they sell, and there is a big difference. So what's the diff? Just relax...   Now, trying to pass it off with a bogus build sheet is crap, if not out right fraud.   Oh, and my car? The guy that sold it to me claimed it to be an SS, but it had no documentation and a Washington state vin on the door jam. Is it an SS? I doubt it, and I never refer to it as such. To be honest all I was looking for was a clean, straight car and I liked the way it looks with the SS trim (especially the hood). I don't know if I would had gone to the trouble to add it all if it was not already there. Oh and I'd didn't offer or pay SS money for it either.   Besides Baer brakes, a Tremec 5 speed and a 454 wasn't on the option list in '66 :-)  I know what I want my '66 to be. Not a clone, certainly not "original" in the sense that the diehards think of, but original as in one of a kind, built from what my vision thinks it should be.   Might come a day when we wished we'd see more Chevelles on the road, regardless of what's been done to them. Enjoy the rides, guys - that's all what it's really all about...   Long Live Chevelles!   Ron   p.s. I'm 41 if it matters (which I don't think it really does) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RJ Winkler Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Where will it end?? I just see it as the “SS” cars had a lot of the better equipment.  I bought a Malibu because I don’t have the money to purchase some rusted out real ss for double what I got mine for.  I’m completing a frame off restoration for the car and it will be a SS when I’m done.  Just to save myself incase I do have to sell it some day a clone brings in more money than most malibus so id rather put my money where it has a chance.  If someone trys to pull there car off as a real ss and it’s a clone that’s dumb, but you have to be dumber not to be able to spot it.  THeres nothing wrong with people building these cars how they choose.  Id rather seen 20 clones then 1 rusted out Chevelle getting crushed at some junkyard.  Im 17.   -RJ   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Studly Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:15 AM To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Where will it end??   This is why I think guys, especially ones newer to classic cars, are silly for trying to buy original numbers matching cars.  What exactly are you paying for when it can be duplicated and faked and be indistinguishable from a ‘real’ SS?  What defines a ‘real’ SS anyway?  One that has all the correct SS options, or only one that left the factory that way?   What makes a ’70 SS454, all original, worth so much more than a ’70 Malibu with a 454/TH400/12-bolt posi ?  If you’re buying and selling these cars to make money, I have no pity for them getting taken on cloned SS.    With that said, when I finally re-do the body and paintwork on my ’70 Malibu, I’ll probably add SS stripes, Cowl hood, the rear bumper insert and paint my grill black with the stainless trim, although I probably will keep my idiot-light dash.  With my EFI small block and Hotchkis suspension, no one will mistake it for a ‘real’ SS, but it’ll run circles around any ‘real’ SS.  I’ll build my car the way I choose, much like Clint said.  I’m 32.   -Dave     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene's General Restoration Parts Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:20 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] Where will it end??   Just checking out eBay for stuff I need for my 69 and ran across someone selling build sheets! It is not bad enogh that everyone and their brother is building clones, but this should be against the law. They will even ''age'' it for you. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4553646239&category=10076    I am curious, how many of you would consider building a clone and what is your age? I ask age because it seems like younger guys who build clones see nothing wrong with it. Personally I think it takes away from original cars, I mean you go to a show to see rare stuff and it takes the fun out of it. I would much rather look at a dozen Malibus and one SS versus a dozen fakes. I would bet there are more ''SS'' cars on the road now then there ever were built originally!!    Sorry to vent, but I had to get this out of my system.