Just returned from the Power Tour and I'm catching up on my mail. I'm 57 and I've never had a car I didn't modify/personilize to look like I wanted it to look. The 70 Nova "little ole lady" car I now have in the paint shop will have the SS look because I like the SS options. I don't want a 6-cyl car with monoleaf springs, no sway bar and drum brakes. I won't even consider trying to sell it as a true SS Nova, I promise. Bob Haggard > > From: "Ron Sparks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 02:17:47 EDT > To: "'The Chevelle Mailing List'" <Chevelle-list@chevelles.net> > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Where will it end?? > > 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 > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=45536462 > 39&category=10076> &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. > > >
