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Originally Posted by asphaltgambler
Depends on the vehicle, historical value, and most of all what's the mod's? I will tell you from personal experience, people with money - I mean real money does not always guarantee taste. Good or otherwise. One or two things 'off' in a restomod vehicle, not working within a theme, blatantly apparent. A house? not so much as the scale is significantly larger...........
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I've owned a 1890's Victorian house in Watertown NY. Proper 12 foot(ish) ceilings and actual rooms that weren't all open. A wonderful thing.
Also lived in a plantation bungalow on Schofield Barracks Hawaii from the 1890s give or take. And a 100 year old house in El Paso.
Luckily none of the above had been remodeled to a fashion of open floor plan and the history was all there.
There are some HGTV shows where the hosts really screw up very old homes and modernize them for what they perceive as being for 'today's living'. IMHO it just ruins the old home. If you want to do that, do it to a newer home that has no history and character.
As for cars, I agree with the taste and money quote above. I love watching some of the shows on MT but some of them are cringe worthy. For example, Iron Resurrection: guys do incredible work then put modern day 20 inch or larger wheels that do not match the lines or character of a 1950s, 60s, or 70s vehicle. Most recently was a 50's pickup that came in with Cragars that looked decent and the end result wheel looks all wrong.
