I have a neighbor who owns a 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck that is absolutely beautiful. His truck is chopped down and sits very low to the ground. The door handles were removed and you open the door by touching a button tucked away under the door. Many other changes were made to the truck and, as I said it is beautiful.
To give you an idea of the care he took in the restoration, even the transmission housing is finished in chrome! His seats are upholstered in real leather and the air conditioning is as cold as it can get. The truck has a 350 cid V8 engine, automatic transmission, front disc brakes, power rack and pinion steering and so on. Wonderful!
But his truck is kept hidden inside his garage. He never goes anywhere with it and says he dreads the idea of going to a shopping center or any other parking lot with his truck because the other cars would damage it. He would never put his truck for public viewing in a car show because he says people would damage the paint with their fingernails and their belt buckles. He doesn’t like driving on the road either, because of possible damage by pebbles or other flying debris… So, the truck is pretty much invisible. It’s like those very rich art collectors who hide their precious pictures for nobody to see or touch.
I respect the way he thinks, mainly because this is a free country. But I don’t like what he says about my truck. He tells everybody that my 54 Chevy pickup is a piece of junk!
Look at the picture below and tell me what you think.
Nice looking truck but he falls into the same pitfall so many do. They do not understand the word RESTORATION. Restoration means putting the truck/car is as near factory made as possible. In other words right off the assembly line new. NO other add-ons.Biggest mistake made in the old vehicle re-do.
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