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the guy who built it was a professional drifter

OK. Pretty obvious he knows nothing about proper tire to wheel fitment or proper alignment settings. I'm 100% positive my I beam axle pickup handles better. Probably rides better, too.

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OK. Pretty obvious he knows nothing about proper tire to wheel fitment or proper alignment settings. I'm 100% positive my I beam axle pickup handles better. Probably rides better, too.

No he does, he just doesnt give a.............

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Thought that Greg was actually steering this back on topic of "Resto Rods" again, which none of that "Tooner" phart can wanna be cars remotely qualify as.

The real Resto Rod movement was begun in the late 60's and early 70's before the Fat Fendered cars became popular. If you peruse bact to some of the magazines of the day like Rod & Custom befor it went under, Rod Action, Street Rodder, and even Hot Rod. You would see what the real Resto Rod cars were about, many of them being 20's and 30''s cars toss in a few 40's Chevs, Buicks, Caddys, Chryslers, Dodges. Mostly big cars with newer engine and drivetrain swapped in from wrecking yard donors. Hot Rod had Gray Baskerville with his daily driver 32 Ford Roadster, Rod Action had "Walter P Chrysler" mid forties Chrysler (Limo if I remember right). Most Resto Rods were built for comfortable Crusing, back when Street (Is) Was Neat people actually drove their Hot Rods on a daily basis. Lots of these Resto Rods were daily drivers, some even family cars. All of this was before the "Power Tour" and "Pro Street" was ever thunk up! Long before the televised entertainment auctions popped up for the guys with more money than brains to "buy" into the Hot Rod Scene.

When I think of the term Resto Rod the original Resto Rods are what I think of, mildly modified drivers which retain the flavor, appeal and appearance of the original. There is a huge difference in what is currently being passed off as a Resto Rod. Mostly sold by many of those involved in the entertainment auction industry as a way to pass off poorly conceived and sometimes poorly modified nostalgic garbage no one in their right mind would have bought 25 - 30 years ago.

In part this is probably one of the number two reasons, number one being the Boyd Caused Billet Craze that you see a major resurgence of the "Traditional Hot Rod". Other reasons would probably be rat rods, Pro Street, Pro Fairgrounds trends many of which were no advancement of "Car Culture". In spite of this there is no reason to become a bunch of Zellots and bolt counters, if you want that just try the "Brit Car Crowd"!!! They'll harden you real quick especially to the subject of modifying your Brit Car, it's almost as if you own a Brit Car by proxy sometimes! In spite of that aspect I still love and drive my '73 Mini Cooper like it was meant to be driven!

When I see loong threads like this one go so far off topic, 8 pages so far, I pity the poor horse battered and bruised... I get enough flack from the full size car crowd, I come here to relax and discuss building quality models! Remember why we're here.

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Concerning the clip that Joe just posted, lets all give an ataboy to the driver of the yellow car for some great reflexes and some snappy driving.

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I'm torn, I prefer period-correct modifications, but I also like pro-touring. One thing that can be forgiven are modern parts that add to driveability and safety such as fuel injected egines that start and run everytime and disc brakes that stop everytime.

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So on the current episode of Gas Monkey Garage they are resto-modding a '71 Challenger R/T. Not a trashed out bring it back to life car but a fully restored mint '71 Challenger - thoughts?

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I don't think it was original, had a replacement engine, but still a beautiful car. And yes, it's all about the money, they're acting like Chrysler didn't know they were stripping the Challenger, what a crock.

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To everyone's surprise, this Gas Monkey Garage thing came from Finnish TV also a while ago. I watched some of the episodes, but I didn't like the drama. Biggest problem though was just this - every time they built a modern or a Resto Mod car, my blood pressure got very high like in Jerry Lee Lewis' song. :D Of course it wasn't fun to see nice cars being ruined by modernizing them.

Because of that same thing I don't like watching other car building TV programs either. They send another same kind of program in here as well, but it's much worse than those Gas Monkey guys' program.

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I like Gas Monkey Garage,the beard guy got an eye for custom and hot rods,old school style stuff. Also enjoy when they restored

two Pontiac Firebirds,67-68? Not sure why but this asian lady who does the upolstry cracks me up. As for drama,i dont really see much,

maby just the main characters obsession with his hair and beer lol.

I also watch a show called Fat & Furious,some big guys from Ohio running a shop,the subjects they wrench on are really cool. They

also travel around a little search for parts,like the time they visit some guy`s 60s Mopar collection to get a period correct 426.

The worst car show ever must be the show with Boyd,so much whining and drama i stopped watching it.

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I think both build types have their place. If it's a complete car with matching numbers, original everything then yes I would prefer to see it restored back to it's original condition rather than modded. But if it's missing a lot of stuff I say let the owners or builders have their fun with it. I do like the creativity that can come out of some Resto-Mods. Gotta have respect for the skill and work it takes to stuff something under a car that wasn't designed for it originally.

As for GMG I don't watch much of them, though I will admit some of the Dodge commercials are fun to watch. Graveyard Carz was another one I could have liked, handling Mopar (my favorite subject) but the theatrics and drama from the first couple of episodes threw me off. I do try to watch some of the auto auctions and Overhaulin' when they air. Roadkill and Jay Leno's Garage on youtube aren't too bad either I did like Jay's skit on the Hellcats horsepower settings.

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Worst show is probably Counting Cars IMO.

TFChronos: start on season 2 of Graveyard Carz, it gets better with less drama and goofing off, and more building and information.

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TFChronos: start on season 2 of Graveyard Carz, it gets better with less drama and goofing off, and more building and information.

As a real Mopar enthusiast, I should love this show. But Mark Worman is such a DB that I can't stand it.

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Worst show is probably Counting Cars IMO.

TFChronos: start on season 2 of Graveyard Carz, it gets better with less drama and goofing off, and more building and information.

Honestly, that's the only one I can stand and is about the only "reality" show I'll willingly watch.

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