Stirring the pot

Why does someone else get to dictate how you build your car? It's yours to do with as you wish, as others have stated. That's what really pisses me off about so-called "purists". I don't try to tell anyone else how they should build anything, unless it's an obvious safety issue I have no right to interfere. A good friend of mine built a really cool rat rod 1946 Mercury pick up a few years ago, I posted some pics of it here a while back. I thought it was great that he took the time to do things differently, and use unconventional parts and pieces to make his truck unique.
He built a shifter using some 12 or 13 frying pan handles, brilliant! It worked perfectly, but I would bet it would deter a least a few would be thieves since they probably would have trouble figuring out how it worked. He too used road signs for floor boards, and old tool boxes for wheelhouses. Do it the way you want, and to hell with what the "purists" think. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.
Now if it were a 1971 Hemicuda convertible, welllllll......................

I may not call it restoration but.........
This is my current project, never going to be a painted show car, had a 1970 Dart that was all done, mild restomod, drove the piss out of it for years. I also have a survivor 1976 Pontiac Ventura with 39k miles on it, nice car, drives perfect, but a paltry 105 horsepower. Have shown it a few times, always gets attention.