truckdoctor
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Being a person of an appreciable age and having been around cars all my life I find myself now in a bit of a quandary, as it seems right now the trend in cars is to have an American car of varying style and you have an abundance of clubs available to join and join in. This is great of course and I see no problem with at all, it does however leave me with a bit of a problem, I’m not really into American hot rods ( but do appreciate them) but tend to like stuff I’ve grown up with and am familiar with. Restomods attract me, shuttle changes to the body and more Horse power under the bonnet, the kind of wolf in sheep’s clothing thing. Harrisons ford’s car in American Graffiti, great, just my cup of tea but would prefer something British. How do you fit in if you don’t have a car that is “on trend” at the moment?
At present I have a rover p5b that is not standard, it is shunned by the official rover club for not being “original” and probably not modified sufficiently to be classed as anything else, It’s not really a “hot rod “or custom, it is quite a sharp looking car with a lot of my time and investment put into it that so It can be enjoyed, suspension brake and minor body mods.
So, as the value of “original “ cars seems to be on the up £ wise do I carry on modifying or to finalise my plans of more HP etc. and join a” modified” car group and forget about the resale value.
At the end of the day the reason to have the car is for enjoyment and to be with likeminded folk, at present this is where we are, classic car shows and charity raising events, which is OK but just not sure I’m the correct place, where this car does “fit in”.
Rover P5B coupe - YouTube
Rover P5B Coupe - YouTube
Rover P5b Coupe 1968 V8 - YouTube
Thanks, Steve.
At present I have a rover p5b that is not standard, it is shunned by the official rover club for not being “original” and probably not modified sufficiently to be classed as anything else, It’s not really a “hot rod “or custom, it is quite a sharp looking car with a lot of my time and investment put into it that so It can be enjoyed, suspension brake and minor body mods.
So, as the value of “original “ cars seems to be on the up £ wise do I carry on modifying or to finalise my plans of more HP etc. and join a” modified” car group and forget about the resale value.
At the end of the day the reason to have the car is for enjoyment and to be with likeminded folk, at present this is where we are, classic car shows and charity raising events, which is OK but just not sure I’m the correct place, where this car does “fit in”.
Rover P5B coupe - YouTube
Rover P5B Coupe - YouTube
Rover P5b Coupe 1968 V8 - YouTube
Thanks, Steve.
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