Keep it stock, or make it your own?

It really depends on the car for me. There are certain cars that were very limited production that would be nice to have kept as history. (like say,winged cars or a 69 Charger 500) There are some cars that are still so complete and nice that it would be a shame to modify them. Most cars are just plain cars and should be suited to the owner with whatever modifications that owner sees fit. My Dad bought a 53 Chevy pickup new and several years ago decided he wanted to restore it. He went so far as ensuring that the boards in the box were yellow pine as it was from the factory. He had to get the yellow pine from the east coast. White pine is available locally and even though the box floor is painted, it needed to be yellow pine. The body was completely metal finished and I used true lead in the seams. I painted it with vintage enamel. The tires had to be Silvertown 7.00-16s, the same as were on it when he bought it. The plug wires had to be NOS with correct markings and so on. There are a lot of 47-53 Chevy pickups but there really aren't very many truly restored Chevy pickups which makes this one pretty cool. I've got a 64 Valiant convertible that I have kept as stock as possible and that is how I like it. Not a resto but more stock that what a lot of guys call "restorations". Also two 64 Barracudas that are anything but stock. So I'm of the school that you do to a car what you like!