Aging Gracefully: The case for unrestored classis cars.

[Pete Kaczmarski]

Article from Detroit Free Press today.



Aging gracefully: The case for unrestored classic cars
Detroit Free Press 10 hours ago

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With its sun-scoured paint, exposed metal and rumbling engine, you may think the Dream Cruiser that just passed you is headed to the body shop, but some proud collectors will tell you it’s perfect just the way it is. Just ask members of the Suspects Motor Club and Roadents Car Club of Detroit if you meet them cruising Woodward, or at a local car show. They belong to a slice of car culture that values terms like “patina” and "authentic"more than “restored” and “like new.” They’re a growing part of car culture, and they’ll be out in force for the Woodward Dream Cruise. “We appreciate the car’s history,” Tom Perry of the Suspects said, standing by his 1963 Mercury Monterey at a recent car show at ...

 

[Big_John]

The article is not there, but I get the gist of it.

That's nice, but not all cars have aged gracefully. Bad bodywork, rust, accident damage... You name it... A car with patina is nice, but I've never owned one. My cars have all been cast off after a hard life...

 

[300rag]

The article is not there, but I get the gist of it.

That's nice, but not all cars have aged gracefully. Bad bodywork, rust, accident damage... You name it... A car with patina is nice, but I've never owned one. My cars have all been cast off after a hard life...

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[polara71]

The article is not there, but I get the gist of it.

That's nice, but not all cars have aged gracefully. Bad bodywork, rust, accident damage... You name it... A car with patina is nice, but I've never owned one. My cars have all been cast off after a hard life...

All three of mine are original and driven.... pretty much the only way I buy them now

 

[Big_John]

I read the article.... and they are only worrying about "patina" and originality up to when they own it.... Putting custom paint on the patina and lowering the car just destroyed the concept of a gracefully aging car. I have no problem with it... It's their car... but they are quite hypocritical about it.

“We appreciate the car’s history,” Tom Perry of the Suspects said, standing by his 1963 Mercury Monterey at a recent car show at the old Army base at Historic Fort Wayne in Detroit. Perry has owned the car since November 2015. He and friends in the club have lowered it about three inches and painted a bright pattern on the roof, using a lace tablecloth and the colors of Southwest Detroit’s Hispanic businesses as inspiration.

 

[polara71]

I didn't read that far I guess.....

 

[bluefury361]

Patina is just a step closer to oblivion.

 

[Big_John]

All three of mine are original and driven.... pretty much the only way I buy them now

That would be the only way I would buy another car.