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Originally Posted by wayner View Post
I had an interesting discussion about cars in general.

Some people look at a hot rodded car and think "too bad they modified it."

Other people look at a car someone has had all their lives, afraid to changed a single thing and think "what a shame."
It depends; we debate this endlessly in VW circles. Examples of which there are lots of survivors, mod it until the cows come home. For the rare cars, keep it stock.

I will contend that it takes a lot more skill to do a correct, concourse restoration than to Foose up a car.

Example: a rare Hebmüller police car that should have been kept stock

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