From: "Brian Haygood" <haygood@myway.com>
Reply-To: haygood@myway.com
To: tomc@satx.rr.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: RE: That Scirocco feeling wuz Julie's
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:25:31 -0500 (EST)
While some purists try to restore classics, unfortunately there is no
shortage of idiots out there who think nothing of destroying them. Take
the most successfull man-with-no-brain I can think of - Boyd Coddington.
Did everyone get to see him destroy a super nice running Model T just for
the fun of it? Even the guys in his shop told him not to do it. He didn't
even make a decent hot rod out of it. Alongside that, Jesse James and crew
destroyed a very nice Model A this week as well. I once had a boss who was
into hot rodding. He always talked about how he had one of the only
all-metal bodied 194X whatevers still in existence. His plan was to chop
it and what not. Why do people feel compelled to use the most perfect
example they can find of these cars to throw away or cut up the thing.
Granted, some cars out there have no "classic" status without being turned
into Hot rods, but Model A's and T's certainly don't fit that description.
...Sorry, that rant has been building up for a while and this seemed the
perfect chance to get it out of my system.
... or maybe I'm just biased - see the sig...
Brian Haygood
Tyler, TX
Projects under restoration in my Father's garage:
1931 Model A Ford Fordor Town Sedan (finished)
1928 Model A Tudor
1928 Model AA Firetruck
1929 Model A Pickup
1929 Model A Pheaton
1930 Model A Coupe
1931 Model A Victoria
1929 Model A Taxi - only like 4 of these are known to have been restored
So I might be biased just a teansy bit. :)
--- On Wed 02/23, Tom Conklin < tomc@satx.rr.com > wrote:
From: Tom Conklin [mailto: tomc@satx.rr.com]
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:30:36 -0600
Subject: RE: That Scirocco feeling wuz Julie's
If you're looking for a Scirocco as an investment, forget it no mater
how<br>much you put into a Scirocco you're not going to make it back. I
have spent<br>over $3k on my "Project" and if I am lucky I might get $600
or $700 out of<br>it if/when I sell it, but then I didn't buy it as an
investment, so I have<br>no qualms about letting it go for that amount.
When "The Project"'s time<br>comes, I will have more of than enough "fun
factor" added in to make up the<br>difference in money spent.<br><br>
<br><br>Yes it's true, the Scirocco will never become a classic, it'll
probably<br>never become a true enthusiast car either, just a car with a
small but<br>adamant cult following of diehards that want to drive
something different<br>than the mass population. However since the fact
it'll never become a<br>classic, we will always have the artistic freedom
to make the car look, feel<br>and drive the way we want. People who are
into classic car restoration must<br>make the car as close to the factory's
specs as possible in order to get<br>maximum value from the car. We on the
other hand can change engine, drive<br>train, paint scheme, headlights,
what ever we want, we have a blank canvass.<br>A '64 Mustang or any car
considered a classic will only be that. Not that<br>that's bad, just not
what the typical Scirocco enthusiast is looking for. As<br>far as being
cheap, there is nothing cheap about trying to keep a Scirocco<br>on the
road, especially as a daily driver. If I were a real cheap ass I'd<br>buy a
Hyundai. Parts for Scirocco's are scarce and what you can get
are<br>expensive, have you looked at window seals and scrapers? Jeese, over
$100<br>for scrapers? I'll bet the Mustangs are about $50. On a side note,
I used a<br>Rabbit windshield seal with no groove that I got for $70 and it
works fine.<br>If you are doing a restore, get a Scirocco one, but for us
"Cheep asses" out<br>there the rabbit one will work and save you
$40.<br><br> <br><br>The other thing the Scirocco has going for it is soul,
maybe because it's a<br>blank canvass, or maybe it's something else. I've
driven a lot of cars and I<br>just seem to enjoy driving a Scirocco. Mind
you if I get a job where I'll<br>need to commute in my own car again my
first choice will not be a Scirocco.<br>I'll get something a little more
comfortable for my 43yo bones and leave the<br>Scirocco as my play car. In
my opinion, somewhere in the mid 90's most if<br>not all cars lost their
soul and became machines. I haven't been able to put<br>my finger on what
constitutes "soul" in a car but everything I've driven<br>since my Corrado
has been lacking what ever it is. <br><br> <br><br>So would I give up my
Scirocco for something else? Yes, but there is a short<br>list of cars that
would be its replacement, in no particular order.<br><br> <br><br>Porsche
944S<br><br>Alpha Romeo GTV6<br><br>Saab 900 EMS<br><br>Mid to late 70's
Porsche 911<br><br>Corrado SLC<br><br> <br><br>But, I haven't finished with
"The Project" yet so we'll see what happens.<br>This is my 3rd S1 and my
4th Scirocco and I'm enjoying this one the most<br>because I don't have to
rely on it as a daily driver and I can now do all<br>the customizing I
couldn't do when I was younger.<br><br> <br><br>As for what to tell your
friends when they dis your passion? Ask them what<br>they get passionate
about, clothes? Dolls? Food? Yea it's just like that but<br>with a car. My
girlfriend doesn't understand it either, so what.<br><br> <br><br>
<br><br>No flames, just putting my $.02 in the pot.<br><br> <br><br>Tom
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