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Okay, here's an opinion
Posted by spiv (more from spiv) on Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:50:13
In Reply to: Opinions and inputs???, Larry, Sun, 8 Apr 2007 13:23:48
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I respect this viewpoint, but I think it's a bit doctrinaire. It doesn't reflect that when we find vintage SAABs, they may be in varying stages of neglect, and also doesn't reflect that different people have different goals for their car projects.
If you're started with a badly-neglected car AND your goal is to make a reliable daily driver and/or show car out of it... then, yes, the most efficient way to get there is to take it completely apart, renew everything as necessary, then put it all back together. An advantage of this approach is that you're "restarting the clock" on every component at the same point, so things will wear out in roughly the same sequence they would on a new car.
BUT... suppose you're starting out with a well-cared-for original car, not a neglected beater. The condition of the car itself is part of its interest; I'm sure you've heard the saying, "It can be restored as many times as you want, but it can only be original once." You'll need to keep after such a car fairly regularly, fixing things that break or wear out, but if it was well-preserved to start with this won't happen at a ridiculous pace.
The other thing worth considering is that not everybody WANTS to make their vintage SAABs like new. On another other vintage SAAB website, one we're not allowed to mention here, there's an amusing essay called "Taxonomy of an Obsession" that digs into this a bit. Worth a search in this context, I think...
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