Finding a Race Car Opinions

rumblefish360 said
This is always a tough choice when someone is in your shoes.
Since the line is different for each of us, I’d have to draw mine at the point of if metal is cut up. An example would be is, if it were;

Mini tubbed
Inner fenders missing
How much fiberglass I’d have to swap to metal
How much rust needs new metal
How much interior was delegated and thrown away

This is why I get roasted by my friends a little. I normally pick up rusted junkers. It makes modifications easier to do. I won’t take a good resto candidate and chop it up much less a really good surviver. I like to modify the cars I drive.

My wife’s car is lightly modified. EZ to go back to a stock engine and pass as a resto to the untrained eye. She just asked me to hop up the engine or some power. Going back to stock is just swapping the rear springs, wheels out for stocker and the engine and exhaust to suite the ‘67 Cuda.

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So, in my situation, there is no rust other than a few scratches and such here and there, no holes or surface patches. No fiberglass except the lift off hood (I have a stock one), no interior changes except the added gauges. Inner fenders were cut out and J bars welded in, but that is easy. I believe I could have the car back to stock in about a week. So, with that said, I am having a ton of fun driving the car, hanging out with dad and friends. I feel even at MCACN, I will be the only Mr Norms Demon that is modified and still driven regularly on the street. Hell, if it wasn't a Nov show in Chicago, I would drive it there - weather is just to unpredictable. It is used and enjoyed. Bugs, dirt and tire rubber proves that everywhere I go