"Restore is sometimes confused with the term "restomod." A restomod places some portions of the car as they were when the car was first offered for sale, and changes (updates) others. If any part of the car is updated, the car has been "restomodded," and not restored. An "original restoration" puts a car in the same condition as when it was first offered for sale." ...just saying...
I have two Mavericks (excuse me, Frank - two piles of Maverick parts) that will be heavily restomodded. No such thing as restoring a stock, Plain Jane Maverick. I have a '69 Camaro SS 396 that has been in the family since it left the dealer. Gonna be left alone right now and kept as a survivor until time to primarily restore it. I prefer restomodding. Leave the car looking like it was, but changing to modern drive train, suspension, and wiring/electronics is the way to go for fantastic enjoyment and...safety.
I really like the look of a stock Maverick, so either a stock restoration or Pro-Street or Restomod or somewhere inbetween is fine, as for your 69 SS 396..............if it is an RS/SS or 4spd car..................it is only original once and depending on what the condition of the car is now, it may be worth more unrestored than restored. I totally restored my 68 Z28 with factory headers and cowl plenum air cleaner in the 80's and used all NOS sheet metal, one of the first aftermarket complete wiring harnesses, original brake lines and even original Chevrolet nuts and bolts and it was a very long........long 6 year project. Not being able to get/find NOS sheet metal would actually put the car.............if restored............into a non original restoration............but then again your body may be in good conditon.................IMHO
Good question! How is hot rodding defined these days.? In the 60's and 70's we just built big engines and threw them anything along with new gears. Attention to brakes, electronics, and suspensions was non-exist for the street hot rodder back then. I still consider what I do with my cars to be hot rodding or just playing with cars.
I like stock, but there are upgrades most all of us make to make our cars more dependable. Upgrades to the driveline, wheels and tires, gauges and more. A Resto-mod is much more than that to me but I'm sure everyone has their own opinion of what it means. To me it means a car that has been so modified there's very little chance it could ever be put back stock. This more like what I like...but I'm a grouchy old man set in my old ways.
Well......................that's three of us...........assuming you are over 65. The term "Hot Rod" for me is a Highboy Model A/32 Ford Coupe with Lincoln motor, or full dressed Flatty..............a 40 Ford with wicked flames, lowered in front with huge tires in back, a 53 Ford with 427 side oiler, and after that I just have a hard time calling anything later than 54 a hot rod. I guess every generation has their own terms.........3/40 years ago if you would have said RestoMod..........I may have thought you were talking about some new character on the "Mod Squad"...............but say the word Restored Car in that same time frame of 40 years ago and everyone would have thought you were talking about something like a Duesenberg ...............................................................IMHO
Nah I'm in my early 40s, but still old and grumpy. It's hard to classify cars into a certain group, but one thing I do know...if you see a car like this and say "nice rat rod man!" you might get your teeth kicked in. Traditional hot rod guys HATE rat rods.
I can understand if you called this 32 a Rat Rod..................you deserve to have your teeth knocked in..............................I am pretty traditional, and this would have been called a "RestoMod" if they had that term 40 years ago. You know, back in the day..................although it was a little before my time there was no such thing as a RAT ROD...............just because some of us poor folks had to scrounge around and find parts to modify our cars in no way protrays what everyone calls a Rat Rod..............we built safe, or as safe as we could, hot rods...................some of the Rat Rods I've seen shouldn't even be driven down a driveway...........let alone on the open road....................IMHO
Nope. I'm the young guy when around you guys over 65. But, I have more in common with y'all than the under 50 crowd.
Guess mine's not restored (to many diviations from original) although I sometimes say I restored it because of the body, paint, interior, brakes, steering, suspension work which are mostly original. Its not my idea of a restomod because to me that implies a lot of modern technology for reliability, performance, safety and even economy. Nothing really modern on mine. Sometimes I call it a hot rod -- it is in the direction of the cars in "Popular Hot Rodding" -- but its not that far removed from stock. They use the term Custom Rod which might fit some of the cars on Maverick.to. Think the best description for mine would be its now the way I think it should have come from the factory. Maybe "Personalized Original" would be an appropriate, self-contratictory name for it. Custom mechanicals with original decor theme.
