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To Harris Speedster: Yeah, it is a great (if obscure) car. However, it won't grace the lawn at Pebble Beach until somebody performs a world-class restoration on a documented car.
I support the growing practice of dredging up unrestored classics and displaying them in an "original" class, not to compete but to show the public what was out there and what's left. The cob-up-the-rectum types that restore and show cars at Pebble Beach have impossible to meet standards. We have a 51 Ford F1 pickup. NOT rare at all. Easy to restore, since every part is still available in one form or other. The chassis and running gear are now totally like new and pretty much "Mustang" with IFS and 4-wheel disk brakes, but we've left the 55,000 mile body in original condition. Parking it at a car show next to a friend who has a completely stock restored one...gets me 10 visitors to his one. The interest in "survivor" cars is overwhelming.
I support the growing practice of dredging up unrestored classics and displaying them in an "original" class, not to compete but to show the public what was out there and what's left. The cob-up-the-rectum types that restore and show cars at Pebble Beach have impossible to meet standards. We have a 51 Ford F1 pickup. NOT rare at all. Easy to restore, since every part is still available in one form or other. The chassis and running gear are now totally like new and pretty much "Mustang" with IFS and 4-wheel disk brakes, but we've left the 55,000 mile body in original condition. Parking it at a car show next to a friend who has a completely stock restored one...gets me 10 visitors to his one. The interest in "survivor" cars is overwhelming.
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