A rebody is exactly that...at that point Its a clone...it's no longer it's original form.
Just my opinion,
Nick
Just my opinion,
Nick
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It'll never be original anymore. No numbers being swapped. Just building the Polara I wanted from the start.
If you have no sentiment attached to the car then that's the route to go.
Perfect example are my 69 and 73, both are basket cases, where a rebody would of been easier, but it wouldn't have been THAT car. For me, that simply wasn't going to work as my sentiments are with THAT car.
To each their own, you know I still hold you in the highest regards of friendship either way.
You're Plymouth cousin,
Nick
Perfect example are my 69 and 73, both are basket cases, where a rebody would of been easier, but it wouldn't have been THAT car. For me, that simply wasn't going to work as my sentiments are with THAT car.
To each their own, you know I still hold you in the highest regards of friendship either way.
You're Plymouth cousin,
Nick
We are all entitled to our sentiments and no one can be considered "wrong" IMO either Nick.
When I have a certain car that has sentimental value to me, my goal would be to recreate the car and make it as close to showroom as possible so I can remember it as it was new. If it took parts from other cars to make it that way, including another shell if mine is badly rusted, then that is fine with me and more satisfactory than having a car with a patchwork quilt of repairs for the body especially and still trying to believe it is the original car either or even feeling confident it has the same structural integrity, crashworthiness or durability. Same with using other parts from other cars in the effort to make it like new again. I would of course like to have matching nos. engines/trans too, but that too isn't always possible.
We have had this same discussion on this board many times, and no one is "correct". The "legal" discussion has been a part of the equation in the past too when it comes to a rebody, but for me these are 50 year old cars with no fraud anywhere in the purchase/ownership of the bodies intended by the folks on this site who are just trying to recreate the past in the best way. I understand the "legal" arguments from the past too, but I do not worry about everything I can find to worry about. Life is too short. I would just document what has been done to make the car new again and let the documentation go with the car when you sell it - for me I will be gone when some of my favorite cars go up for sale, more than likely. I doubt I will care anymore then either.....................
When I have a certain car that has sentimental value to me, my goal would be to recreate the car and make it as close to showroom as possible so I can remember it as it was new. If it took parts from other cars to make it that way, including another shell if mine is badly rusted, then that is fine with me and more satisfactory than having a car with a patchwork quilt of repairs for the body especially and still trying to believe it is the original car either or even feeling confident it has the same structural integrity, crashworthiness or durability. Same with using other parts from other cars in the effort to make it like new again. I would of course like to have matching nos. engines/trans too, but that too isn't always possible.
We have had this same discussion on this board many times, and no one is "correct". The "legal" discussion has been a part of the equation in the past too when it comes to a rebody, but for me these are 50 year old cars with no fraud anywhere in the purchase/ownership of the bodies intended by the folks on this site who are just trying to recreate the past in the best way. I understand the "legal" arguments from the past too, but I do not worry about everything I can find to worry about. Life is too short. I would just document what has been done to make the car new again and let the documentation go with the car when you sell it - for me I will be gone when some of my favorite cars go up for sale, more than likely. I doubt I will care anymore then either.....................
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That's why I wont part the Brougham out and continue with the rebuild on the back burner.
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on facefuck someone is cutting up a Polara 2dr.
I am scared it might be GC8 ?
Could be blue, too
Maybe he has a roof for you
I am scared it might be GC8 ?
Could be blue, too
Maybe he has a roof for you
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The repaint sure looks it Carsten but the firewall tells us different, probably B7.
Seen a lot getting cut up in the last 5 years.
Seen a lot getting cut up in the last 5 years.
71Polara383
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I tried to buy that but the guy wasnt willing to deal.
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"Without love in the dream it will never come true"
After much consideration, I have pulled the plug on this project. It just wasn't going to come together the way I had hoped and it was time I made the call... Things and priorities change, Cars come and go. But to me this was more then a car. It was the reason I am here and have made so many connections with the great FCBO family. It taught me alot about buying cars sight unseen. I quickly learned how to pull a car on a trailer through the mountains in the middle of winter. I learned alot about how these cars were manufactured. I also learned quite a bit about rust repair....and in the end I have quite a bit of decent western sheetmetal for other cars and wealth of knowledge to move forward with the better cars I have acquired since this Journey began in Late 2016.
Maybe this dream didn't come true...but it made so many other dreams reality and made the love even stronger then it was before.
The End.
After much consideration, I have pulled the plug on this project. It just wasn't going to come together the way I had hoped and it was time I made the call... Things and priorities change, Cars come and go. But to me this was more then a car. It was the reason I am here and have made so many connections with the great FCBO family. It taught me alot about buying cars sight unseen. I quickly learned how to pull a car on a trailer through the mountains in the middle of winter. I learned alot about how these cars were manufactured. I also learned quite a bit about rust repair....and in the end I have quite a bit of decent western sheetmetal for other cars and wealth of knowledge to move forward with the better cars I have acquired since this Journey began in Late 2016.
Maybe this dream didn't come true...but it made so many other dreams reality and made the love even stronger then it was before.
The End.
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I make fun of Fumbuck County, but here it really is.
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Samplingman
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So much for trying to convince you not to quit, lol. Hard to tell by this thread where it went south for you (“love” was mentioned 17 times), but that takes a lot of courage to realize its time to move on. I kind of wish I had made that decision nine years ago. Like I tell my kids, nothing is a waste of time as long as you’ve learned something. Soooo, what’s next?
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As Doc Holiday once said: "There is no such thing as a normal life, Wyatt. There is just life."
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now just tell us how many Moskitos have been around you ;-)
Don't let it get to you, it will be utilized to a much better extent than if it had stayed sitting in the dirt at the salvage yard.
With that being said, depending on how solid @Xenon "parts car" Imperial is, I may be interested in this portion of the floor.
With that being said, depending on how solid @Xenon "parts car" Imperial is, I may be interested in this portion of the floor.
commando1
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Massachusetts was far worse.
Fratzog
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“Its the not the Destination, It's the journey.”
polara71
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New Jersey state bird...
Ahemmmm..... You owe me an beer...
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