Restoration like the definition, to return to original like condition.
Theres tons and tons of modified trucks and cars out there. And yes technically adding a patch panel is a modification of sorts.
In the end the factory stock will always have more value. Like the above post the guy mentioned everyone has a lowered truck, it really isn't something different.
The whole reason for interest in an "OLD" car or truck is to have it like it was in the day. So why would anyone want to put a different suspension or what ever in? Get a newer vehicle if that is what you want. I like that these old trucks actually feel like a truck. And years ago people drove them as daily drivers and lived with it. As a kid my dad complained about wanting a softer ride, I still cann't figure out why. I liked it like it was. If you need a soft ride get an old lexus.
The biggest problem doing modifications is, yeah do it your way, but there are lots of do it your ways forsale. Every time I see an ad for a TF truck, I say to myself. Well if you would have just done a stock resto I'd be wanting to purchase it. All I see when looking at a moded truck is all the work to return it back to what it should be. Its easier to deal with rust than to try to return a screwed up frame back to the factory look. Try it, get one and take off that mustang suspension and weld the frame back up. Where do the holes go? Where do you get the channel? Who's going to shape the channel? Think about 20 years from now when there are no more rust buckets and parts left, as all have been cut and modified out of existance, like I said the value will always be in the stock resto, I kinda prefer to call it preservation.
Last edited by Truckrolet; 07/15/2013 3:38 PM.
