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RE: Stunning - spannerman - 25-08-2020
I hate over restored cars!
RE: Stunning - Tony Press - 25-08-2020
(25-08-2020, 10:48 AM)Howard Wright Wrote: Hi All
As editor of the SWA7 club mag I’m privy to old copies printed on what looks like blotting paper with a blue Printing machine. One “letter to the editor” caught my eye and is pertinent to this discussion read something like this.....
Some A7 owners spend all there time in the workshop and never drive their cars and I’m fine by that... others drive their cars all the time boasting of miles and miles of rough road antics...and I’m fine with that... others take their cars to shows polished and buffed and I’m fine with that..... What I’m not fine with is those who tell me that I should polish my car or drive my car or work on my car and any other things I should do with my car! Let each to his own....
Cheers
Howard
I understand but some uncouth folk will persist in calling such overdecorated moters 'Pimp's Palaces'.
Back in the day some potty mouths in Oz even called similarly decorated Holden Panel Vans 'Sh*gg*n Wagons'
RE: Stunning - Bob Culver - 26-08-2020
I agree with the above. But there must be a story behind it. Just how tedious is it to sew pleats? How were they done originall?. Surely not all manually.
It can all be redone, whereas a reground camshaft cant be.
At school a mates brother had a 1932 4 door Morris 8 with white lace curtains. I was very innocent and never thought to enquire of the effectiveness. It was certainly not a car to cut a macho image, so possibly he adopted the opposite.
The standard pneumatic cushions can and should be adjusted to just clear, so ensuring generous headroom.