Stirring the pot

So my wife's car is going to it first show this weekend, it's an all original 71 AMC Matador survivor car with 29k miles.
Two old aqaintences saw her car registerd and decided to drop in for a visit as I was out in the barn diligently working on my "rat rod" 75 Valiant. My valiant is no show car, in fact it's supposed to be just a fun car.
When they saw what I was doing to it they looked like they were about to get sick. These guys are fanatical purists and started in on me about doing things the right way.
I've built cars the right way but now I'm having fun doing things the cheap way. What I call "weight reduction" they call "butchering", what I call "creative repurposing" they call "hacking".
I got kinda wound up and tried to explain that there is a theem to this build. Also I chose a car that I didn't really care about for this project so it's not really a loss.
Am I alone here? Dose anyone like the road signs for floor pans look? I think a "rat rod" can be just as interesting as a survivor.