Although I'd never get so involved in these levels of "restoration", I do enjoy reading articles about the arcane details that can mean "is it real, or is it Memorex"... And even more fun to me is the thought that some restorers and collectors can keep reams of this type of information in their heads. Personally though, I don't really care about most of this crap. As I remember it, most people I knew who were buying new muscle cars in that era were changing stuff on them almost immediately. Nobody I knew who showed up on the streets on a Friday night in a new Road Runner or Chevelle was worrying about decals on the air cleaners. In fact, most factory air cleaners we replaced with aftermarket stuff on the way home from the dealership. We were Restomodders before the term was even invented! It's fun to read about, but for the 99% of us who just want nice looking, fun-to-drive cars, it's pretty irrelevant in the big scheme. Just like we did in the day, I'm more into "do what you want to make the car more fun, more drivable, more 'you'".
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