Zoomin

To get a car to the point that will shut those people up is no easy feat, either. Anyone can sling parts together, but it's an art to get a resto mod to the next level. Both require a lot of time money and talent.

OldKarz

I like all of them.

280Z Turbo

I'm on the fence about it. I shake my head at the **** retentive factory overspray and correct tags crowd, but I would hate to see a nice original car get ripped apart for big gaudy chrome wheels and flares.

My preference is to keep it looking period correct with some modern safety, reliability and performance modifications under the skin.

Plastic Pig

1. A real survivor car.
2. A real race car that has been raced for a long time.
3. A real driveable fun restomod.
4. A real driveable NOM hotrod or OE looking.
99. A pieced together restamped repro'd Top-Flight car.

ChattanoogaJSB

I think this mimics my feeling...maybe I'd not even go "period correct" but rather I love a car that looks RESTORED on the outside in every way -with the mods purely mechanical

csherman

agree !

93RubyRedCoupe

Bingo

tri blk 65

I like all of them

leaky4150

I feel strongly both ways

mark6669

I have both
1966 427 425HP conv. restored to NCRS standards in 2001. have owned it for over 25 years, drove it around 100 miles last year, used to drive it at least 1000 miles a year.

1963 SWC restomod finished Dec.2013 now has 2275miles on it.

1969 conv. restomod finished July 2011 now has 1999 miles on it.

The 66 is still a great car but I have to force myself to drive it on a regular basis to keep it from deteriorating. The restomods get driven a couple times a week.
Mark




Also currently under construction

MrPbody

Either way, if you're having fun.., you did it right.

my fun involves a modern, but nearly stock, efi engine and od trans. this revolution in my thinking has renewed my own enthusiasm for the old car hobby ten fold over the past five years or so. get the distinctive old car look and feel, but with modern practicality, dependability, horsepower and milage. a "drive-o-mod?"

Russ

63redvette

As much as it hurts to see the older original cars go restomod over the years, how many original 1938 original coupes of any make and model are still around? But we still oooo and aaaah over the restomods, right? Preservation is the key to our heritage, but then we cannot all afford to pay for those one of a kind (especially my 1963) high end rebuilds. Just PLEASE Lord, don't let this country turn into a land of Prius owners and shelve the horsepower era into museum decrepitude.

Vette Daddy

jerry gollnick

My 64 FI Road race car. Still running Rochester. Originally raced by Chevrolet factory driver Ed Lowther. I have a 65 FI car that is NCRS top flight and I can tell you it took a LOT more money and creativity to keep this car SCCA BP legal and reliable and fast than to restore my 65.

63Corvette

I believe "Corvettes are for driving." So for me, my answer obvious. No restomod will ever be invited to Monterey (or Indy), but my car also gets invited to The Quail, Amelia Island and other high end auto shows, so I have the best of both worlds Jerry, sorry I missed you at Indy.

rustylugnuts

IMHO the mods are in the present day, technology at its best and that's great, buuut same resto say ten years down the road no interests because it needs upgrading again, not very profitable. Restoring back to original specifications never out of style, holds value and is always a crowd pleaser.

rustylugnuts

biggd

I love looking at the perfectly restored cars and i'm glad there are guys out there that are willing to spend the money and time to bring them back to life. But, enjoying the sport for me comes from driving them and not having to worry about them. That's why I prefer owning a resto-mod or a custom.

sub006

EXACT, original survivors and restorations will always be important as reference points and, if you're lucky enough, to drive and experience what they felt like on skinny bias-ply tires!

But they are limited to the factory-available paint and interior colors, among other things. I can read the dealer catalogs without going to a show.

More enjoyable and special IMO to spend time checking out all the unique details of a modified C1 through C3.

biggd

I'm afraid that's the way it's going. The development of new battery technology will render the gasoline engine extinct at some point. Just not in my lifetime.

Bowlerdude

An earlier poster makes a good point about what todays restomod will be worth in 20 or forty years. Until those cars have been around that long a fair comparison can't be made when trying to establish whether an original or a resto is worth more or which one will hold it's value better. I suspect the original cars will out perform restomods in the long run unless the Model T syndrome afflicts vintage Corvettes..which I think is a real possibility.

That said, I do like restomods and think they are pretty cool, but I feel they are way to costly.

My preference is for original cars or restored cars, but even those are now starting to become the toys of only the wealthy, unfortunately the Corvette hobby has left us common folk behind. ymmv