funny that this gets mentioned, cause i cant resist...
am i the only person who thinks that the new t-bird rehash looks more reminiscent of a 53 corvette than a 55 t-bird?
oh wait, list/topic relevance...
i think a better analogy would be the choice between buying a 55 t-bird, or buying a kit repro (or in *my* fantasy car world, an original porsche 550a spyder, or a kit repro...) - might look the same to the rest of the world, might *be* close enough for all practical purposes, but *i* would always know that it wasnt "the real thing"
ive never really had any interest in owning, say, a hetchins built anywhere but the hetchins shop, with jack denny on top of things... later hetchins might be just as good in all surface aspects, or even better in construction or whatever - but something just wouldnt be there... its that whole abstract "mojo" thing again...
it all boils down to a personal taste thing, and i dont think its anything thatll ever get resolved between the differing parties, just like the whole "patina versus refinish" or "ride versus display" arguments...
just *had* to add my 2 cents, didnt i? :)
-joel
>Thanks nit picker. Im old enough to have remebered that.
>However, you digress....
>Tom
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
>To: "Thomas Rawson" <twrawson@worldnet.att.net>
>Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 8:21 PM
>Subject: re: now lets try TORCHBEARERS WHATS CUSTOM?
>
>
>> Hi Tom:
>>
>> >You can buy an original 1953 T Bird and/or you can buy the
>latest new
>> >and improved T Bird...
>>
>> The T-Bird came out in 1955, the Corvette was 1953... ;^)
>>
>>
>> Roy "nit-picker" Drinkwater
>> Lititz, "what's a nit anyway?" PA
>>
>
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...