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Re: [VintageLambo] Re: Gus's Espada/ enquiring minds

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If you must change the color of a car from the color it left the factory. At least choose a color that was available from the factory at the time the car was produced. While everyone has the right to do whatever they want with their own property. One must remember that we are simply temporary caretakers of history. While most people will not maintain the cars down to the proper hose clamp. That is OK. But radical changes (non-factory colors, replacement engines i.e. Chevy 350 , etc.) are a certain death sentence for a car. There will come a point that with the car that it is no longer feasible to do anything other than to part it out. A friend currently is converting his Maserati Bora from Citroen Brakes (Factory Original) to a more conventional Girling style system. While he may be saving all the parts for a future owner to convert it back, we all know it will never be done. Problems will arise, the cost to restore to back will be far beyond the price of where an unmolested car can be purchased. The car will pass through a number of different hands, deteriorating more and more along the way. Until it is finally sold off for what good parts are remaining. And another car will be lost. Joe