Has anyone achieved perfect?
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Has anyone achieved perfect?
Everyone I know buys classics cars with little things to fix. Has anyone ever actually perfected their car or is there always more to do. I want to one day have my 1976 look just like the ones in the magazines but I feel like that it may never come through.
Team Owner
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From: Sitting in his Nowhere land Hanover Pa
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As anyone who ever restored a car will tell you. They are never done and they can never be perfect.
Safety Car
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From: Orlando FL
Pretty much says it all. They were never perfect from the factory. Anyone who restors a car, and makes it perfect.... has done it wrong!
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From: Graceland in a Not Correctly Restored Stingray
As the saying at Porsche goes, "Perfekt ist nicht gut genug." (Perfect is not good enough.) But, perfectionism is highly subjective, and its pursuit a curse not easily broken. That said, IMHO ~$100K more should probably put my shark pretty dang close to being good enough. YMMV
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Lakeland Florida
I have a list of things to fix for each of my cars. I keep a notebook for them, and make a list of all the little things that I find to fix. I use this to work on the cars and check off the items that get fixed. That way I know what needs to be done, and can use it to order parts, or make repairs.
I update this each month, and its amazing at how many new things I find to add to the list. It seems the more that I fix and repair, the more new items I find to add to the list.
kdf
I update this each month, and its amazing at how many new things I find to add to the list. It seems the more that I fix and repair, the more new items I find to add to the list.
kdf
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2013
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From: Yelm Wa
I've had a lot of cars..some pretty nice, but none of them "perfect".
I question if there really is such a thing as "perfect".
I drive my cars, I have no desire for a show car.
I question if there really is such a thing as "perfect".
I drive my cars, I have no desire for a show car.
Last edited by tokim; Aug 24, 2015 at 07:50 AM.
