I never have been part of the lawn chair crowd.
But this past weekend I went because it was a show that had other attractions besides cars.
People and things were there that I wanted to see.
My son found the red convertible E type being driven by an older man with a trophy wife humorous.
Everything was there from Rolls to an EV Camaro. Too much to list.
Mopars were underrepresented as always. (Except for a Chrysler only show.)
But we did our part.
Perhaps it would have been inaccurate if the statement was "single handedly save the hobby".
However, I read it more in the sprit of hyperbole since the OP included "100 point" et. al.
It is a team sport.
Even the best surgeon requires an operating team.
If Graveyard Carz was all there was, how long would any last?
UT is also a part of he equation, though some are here haters.
I don't know why. This link goes nowhere. Irony.
(Soon to have 12 members.)
ForEbodyhemiconvertablesonly.com.
Just as some others, I've been doing this long enough to see a changing of the guard.
Yesterdays White Book experts have been supplanted by new keepers of the orthodoxy.
There is a place at the table for standards and museum pieces. And I'm glad for them to be there.
"Rebody" can be seen as a pejorative. And sometimes truly implies nefarious connotations.
Everything else being equal between two given cars, let's look under the hood at it.
Replace almost ever piece of metal on the first car the "right" way and we have a restored car that Chrysler did NOT build.
But do it the wrong way and we have car the Chrysler DID build and it's a rebody.
No argument here, but that might be a distinction without a real difference for practical purposes.
I know which one I would prefer.
I also know where "the numbers" are and I've always been under the impression there is only one part which is unique to any given car.
("Unique" is an absolute and cannot ever be modified.)
One of the founders of our car club wisely said, no matter how hard we try to preserve them the cars and us both have a life expectancy.
So drive them.
It's silliness gone to seed.
I hate to say it, but "It takes a village" to save us.
