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Well this brings up a whole other facet to this discussion, but I was wondering something the other day while painting my firewall: What options are you left with if the tag has been painted and stripped a couple times over the years and some of the raised letters are difficult to make out now? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:47 AM, [email protected] wrote: First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... I agree with Brent about just enjoying our Firebirds the way we want. Obviously, there are some things that are just outright wrong, like putting a different cowl tag on a car to change it to what it's not, but things like adding an AM/FM radio when your vehicle was only supposed to have an AM or rebuilding a rusted hulk to a daily driver or show car puts one more old car back on the road and makes the owner proud. Granted, with all the new parts available from places like Dynacorn, one can literally build a car from scratch. I know there's much debate about clones, tribute cars and the like, and I don't have a real problem with that, unless the "real deal" isn't exposed if the vehicle changes hands. As long as the cars are being preserved in some forms, we should probably be grateful. My guess is that the old car, or collector car market is going to be a generational thing, namely that those who grew up in the 50s, 60s and 70s will pay big bucks for Hemi Cudas, Camaros and Firebirds, but most of the kids today won't give them a second look. How many 20-year-olds are buying the new Camaros? Just my two cents. Jim '68 Convertible ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Block" <[email protected]> To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 10:38:47 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: RE: [FGF] -HIJACKED 69 TA First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Joe, You are such a S#&t disturber...lol But you guys bring up what could be the debate of our generation.... and I'm referencing "car gen" not the age of this group.(-; What to some people is acceptable restoration practices may be considered fraudulent by others. Where is the line these days? and really,.. who cares? It's all about the love of our birds guys! I enjoy hearing about and viewing every variation of restoration, whether it be a concourse, resto-mod, full race,... whatever the owner's fancy, Just the time , money and memories these vehicles create for us is invaluable, as is the varied opinions we are free to share on this forum. If your willing to spend the time and money it takes to save another first gen firebird from the bone yard, you have gained my respect! I value everyone's input on this list and have amassed incredible knowledge by listening to your threads. For that I am very grateful. My best wished to everyone for a Merry Christmas and smooth cruising in the New Year. (-: God Bless Brent Block 68 350 Coupe StAlbert, Alberta,Canada http://firstgenfirebird.org/show/closeup.mv?CarID=378 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Paoletta Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 7:16 PM To: 'First Generation Firebird-L' Subject: RE: [FGF] -HIJACKED 69 TA First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ........................................................................ . I just want to know where the line is. How much of the car has to be repaired or replaced before it stops being the original car ? Two inches from the vin tag ? two feet ? the whole cowl ? like I said. Now-a-days, you can replace every piece of sheet metal. So, one piece at a time or one fell swoop ? Nothing against you. I still say if that complete rotted 'one of....' car was sitting in front of you with a clean pain-jane ready to use as the replacement ... it would get done. 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