What's a "Driver"?
#41
Driver????
I did a frame off resto on my 60. I have put 25,000 miles on it since then. I have paintchips, cracks, and a not very pretty engine compartment. I take it to the hardware store, to get groceries, and I even take it to Wall Mart! I drive it in the rain, once & a while, on a short gravel road,I get the same comments....what happens if you wreck it or hit a deere? It happens, it happens....so be it. I've had it 40 years now, drive it ever chance I get. That's my interpatation.
#42
I drive mine every where. It looks best about 50 feet away at 50 miles an hour but I LOVE it !!!
#44
Racer
That is A-LOT of groceries Mr. racecar14!!
#45
Team Owner
"Driver" is another one of the most misused terms in the hobby I guess. Like when a customer tells his painter he wants a "driver" paint job. What he really means is that he wants a flawless, show car paint job for 1/2 of what it really costs.
#49
Team Owner
Yeah C1s DO have trunks. I've carried swimming pool salt and cat litter in my '61. Just have to be careful how you position things and trunk lid clearance when closing up.
I think somebody has pictures of Jimmy Hoffa tied up and gagged in a C1 trunk somewhere.
The '62-only plastic tail light protective cones are also a good idea.
I think somebody has pictures of Jimmy Hoffa tied up and gagged in a C1 trunk somewhere.
The '62-only plastic tail light protective cones are also a good idea.
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Yeah C1s DO have trunks. I've carried swimming pool salt and cat litter in my '61. Just have to be careful how you position things and trunk lid clearance when closing up.
I think somebody has pictures of Jimmy Hoffa tied up and gagged in a C1 trunk somewhere.
The '62-only plastic tail light protective cones are also a good idea.
I think somebody has pictures of Jimmy Hoffa tied up and gagged in a C1 trunk somewhere.
The '62-only plastic tail light protective cones are also a good idea.
#51
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Here is another top flight car that gets driven every weekend and hundreds of miles to NCRS meets. It has been repainted and the interior redone many years ago and both show their age and wear. But the car is NCRS correct, has born with drivetrain and has earned Regional and National top flight awards, after being driven to the meets. It is a driver, and is an NCRS car. You can have both.
Just curious.
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#55
Burning Brakes
I restored my 60 by making sure every part that was installed was correct and new or looked new. I don't care about judging, however, I respect the reasoning and considered that the next owner, probably my kids, may considerer judging. I drive it. It's not what I consider a driver. A driver is a car that is in just good enough shape to drive and not considered show, restored, or even survivor.
Larry
Larry
#56
Team Owner
Well we've been at both ends of the spectrum now. Show (or near show) cars with only a couple hundred miles a year put on them and now cars just good enough to drive but mechanically maintained without cosmetic appeal ?
I will stick with my own definition I guess which is somewhere in between.
I will stick with my own definition I guess which is somewhere in between.
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; 02-02-2013 at 08:34 AM.
#57
Melting Slicks
Me, I like to think of my '67 as "Drivable", regardless of how many miles it gets a year.
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Last edited by MikeM; 02-02-2013 at 09:59 AM.
#60
Melting Slicks
The only time I have seen one of your cars is when you dragged it down to FL on a trailer, I figured it was broken.