Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Re: [Classic Mustang] 64-1/2 Info

At 11:21 AM 10/21/2008, Alan Nauman wrote:
>Oh please. How could you consider rebodying a late model car with a
>classic body a frame off? They are both still unibodies.

I didn't call it a "frame off", you did. What I said was "But you can't
take the rest of the sheet metal from the floor (unless, of course, you do
like a custom restorer did in Denver, where they put a '67 body on an '05
chassis)."

>Just accept that people call it a "frame off" restoration when a unibody
>car is stripped to the basic body structure (and frequently beyond). It
>may not be an entirely accurate term, but you know what they are talking about.

Go ahead, accept it, but that doesn't mean I have to. It also doesn't mean
I don't understand what people who say it really mean - whether or not they
really understand it's not totally accurate, or if they're just using it
for convenience. Personally, I consider just plain "restoration" a
perfectly adequate description in this case.

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Dan O'Reilly
1971 Bright Red Mach 1
2002 Black Deluxe Convertible
Colorado Springs, CO

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