Survivor vs Restored

[70-SS/RS-L78]

Sorry for your loss Scott, I lost my mom last November and I find myself thinking about her all of the time.
Mark

[firstgenaddict]

Sorry about your loss, your story of picking up the hobby seems to be quite a common thread... my dad has a picture of me at about 3 years old with my blanket in the back of a 1940 Ford 2 Tudor Sedan taking it apart... mom wasn't amused that I learned to use a screwdriver for within the week I had removed every striker plate, door knob, and electrical outlet cover I could reach and apparently they never found all the screws!
Coming from someone who tries to ensure a car I restore exhibits the qualities displayed by survivors which I have been around (dipped parts with runs, light sprayed areas, oozing sealer, painted edges on chrome and or aluminum valve covers, misted over spray on grilles etc...
Would the interior be replaced in your restoration? Probably a huge market for an interior in that condition. I'm still trying to justify the Historic loss of the the production anomalies and variances... Yes the car shows the variances in the current state and they can be photographed, documented, and otherwise noted, however will they be replicated... Such as the light spray(white misted) on the fender apron drops into the engine compartment?

[RST]

Firstgenaddict,

We will restore the car as close to our documentation of it as in its original state ...... the interior will be used in restoration, we will replace carpet, restore gauges and restuff front seats, headliner will be replaced as it is damaged. We will post amazing detailed pictures of car now that it is disassembled and the undercarriage is completely clean...... it came out amazing!!!

[John]

.... Sorry to hear of your loss. My prayers are with you and your family.

... He will be with you more then ever now.

[RST]

Thank you very much everyone for the nice comments about my Dad, I would also like to thank Mr. Cook personally for his very nice private message, thank you Darrell for your message, meant a lot to me, your a classy guy, much respect!

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[SBR]

[quote=Stefano] I like that SD both ways, the way you bought it as is as long as it is safe and sound to use and I'm confident that I'm going to like it once it's MASCAR restored. My personal preference is an unrestored car to a restored one.......generally and in most cases and for a multitude of reasons.

Many of the so-called &quot;Survivors&quot; which exist today are what I call &quot;Revivors&quot; , which is a Survivor with restoration work. Some of the work is done so well that most would never know anything was ever done, including paint work.

Untouched and pristine original 'bench mark' / 'time capsule' cars are very few and far between.


I agree and that is why I have no problem with a well documented restored car. There are so many &quot;survivor&quot; cars on the circuit that have had the bodies lifted, paint work, parts swapped out from other cars etc. To me, it's just another restored car with the intent to deceive and made to look old instead of new all in the name of $$ I have always wanted a super low mile untouched and well preserved 67 435 Corvette. Been looking for years and have not found any.

[KenMaisano]

I will defend Scott on this Topic. Almost all of these survivors are old worn out cars that have been puffed. The ones that have be preserved since new, that's a different story. With this SD we know Exactly what we have and so will the future owners. We have taken over 700 detailed teardown pictures. We also have saved over 500 hours of body labor by starting with this clean original car. Compared to most of the restored junk we start with. We just almost got burnt on a restored numbers matching 69 L89 By not knowing the history or bones of the car. P.S. if anyone knows the Whereabouts of my old Silver 69 Z/28 Survivor please contact me. I would love to have it back and do a full Mascar level restoration on her.

Kenny

[njsteve]

Scott, I was checking my semi-functional cellphone and it looks like you left a message on it a while back. Please give me a call again and I will be happy to trade SD455 info.

[COPO]

Scott,

So sorry to hear of your Dad's passing, but sounds like you got his love for muscle cars and that will continue on. Regarding your TA, having visited MASCAR a few years ago, I'm certain you guys will do a terrific job documenting the build and it will be a terrific example upon completion. While I appreciate there are some strong opinions about what to do with this car, ultimately it's YOUR car.

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[RST]

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