Tribute Cars

[nsmall]

A Claudia just nailed it.  I still can't get over how many people don't know what a barracuda or challenger is.  just look at the car for a few seconds, you will probably see the name on an emblem.

Just enjoy yourself out there.  As I progress in years I learn more and more how short life is. 

[RUNCHARGER]

Exactly, everyone enjoys the hobby in their own way. Some of these cars were pooh-poohed back in the 70's for not being the sought after engine/year/etc. It's great they didn't all get crushed because most of them are pretty awesome now.

[1 Wild R/T]

A Claudia just nailed it.  I still can't get over how many people don't know what a barracuda or challenger is.  just look at the car for a few seconds, you will probably see the name on an emblem.

Just enjoy yourself out there.  As I progress in years I learn more and more how short life is.

I don't think Claudia did...  "none of that matters to me as long as it's a Mopar."   

This part I agree 100%   " Personally, I don't care what you have . . . a survivor, a barn find, a numbers matching blah, blah, blah, a clone, a fake, a real deal, convertible, one of one . . ."

I don't care if it's a Chevy, a Ford or even a vintage Toyota.... Cool is Cool & most newer cars aren't.....

[Claudia]

My apologies . . . I have an appreciation for not just Mopar but for all (well except for maybe a Prius)  . . . I just didn't feel it necessary to mention any others since we were discussing on an e-body forum . . . 

[1 Wild R/T]

Funny, originally I typed Priuses suck but decided to generalize & say most modern cars aren't cool...

Hey, it's all good... I just find I have allot of car friends with cars other than Mopar's & when you get closed minded & exclusionary the hobby shrinks...

[Chaos-N-Mayhem]

I can appreciate both a tribute car and a numbers trailer queen, but for different reasons. My convertible will be a tribute simply because when I got it the small block was mia, it was missing the fender tag and had a 440 in it. Plus I was young and didn't have the money for a high dollar car anyway. Now 25 years later I have history with this car and wanting to make all those what if Day dreams come true.

My 78 Lil Red Express and 70 383 charger 500 were numbers matching and that was great too. However I always planned on taking a different path with the Charger and always worried about that. Might have been one of the contributing factors on why I was willing to sell it to fund my Challenger conv project. I loved my LRE also but wrecked it and was forced to sell. I'm down to one muscle car now and want to make sure this one hits all the marks and lives up to the other sacrifices along the way.

So whether it is a tribute or numbers matching they should be looked at with passion. Although I will say the some of the "survivor" nonsense can rub me the wrong way from time to time. LoL

[IRON MAN]

Visually a well-done "tribute car" is absolutely as appealing as the original with all the factory options: performance engine, trans, hood, graphics, exhaust, trim, etc. Only thing is a perfect clone is not an investment grade collectible but it does have all the eyeball appeal. If a blue collar worker's dream is to drive the "real deal" but can't afford it because they are raising kids and will need to help them later with college expenses then a clone might be the answer. My preference today, is a well built pro-touring classic. I'm intrigued by these marvels of technical achievement. SEMA is the playground for pro-touring enthusiasts. I miss going every year.

[Rich G.]

If you buy or build a clone, tribute, original or whatever you want to call it just for an investment or to make a profit when your done and not for the enjoyment of the hobby you probably need a different hobby.

[Racer57]

Every time a dual quad Hemi starts, a Prius dies.   

Mark Worman

[RUNCHARGER]

I pretty much appreciate anything old too. I like GTO's, Mach 1's, 70.5 Z28's etc. I prefer Mopars for my own but I like them all as long as the owner's aren't dix.

[Morty426]

I am not into clone cars but I understand that the lack of real cars and the desire to have EXACTLY what you want makes it a better thing to do for most people. 

Plus many of the best cars were killed a long time ago. 

[Racer57]

When you drive your car around town etc., how many of the people that see it are wondering "Is that a REAL Cuda/Challenger or is it a fake" as opposed to "Thats a cool looking car !! "
99.9% of the people I know could care less if my Cuda is a copy or not. Hell, most of them get a confused look on their face if I tell them that everything about my car is Cuda, except the vin. 

[RUNCHARGER]

True but I only build my cars because I like them. If I enjoy driving them and knowing I have preserved something from my childhood it makes me happy.

[dodj]

Numbers matching you look at and brag to others about having an original.
Copy cats you drive and enjoy.

I was disappointed that I wasn't able to find an original 70 Cuda at the time I was trying to find one and had to settle for a clone. Personally, now I'm glad that it isn't because I can drive the hell outta it !!   

News Flash, Plenty of us drive the hell out of "investment grade" cars.... I love clones but if you think I'm staying home just cause I have a numbers matching 70 R/T vert your mistaken....   

I'm willing to bet you are in the minority Wild. The people that I know, and have known, merely used their 'investment grade' cars  to hold the car cover off the garage floor. One of my friends has a '69 428 Cobra Jet Mach 1 Mustang. Hasn't moved in 15 years. I often tell him I could steal his car and replace it with cardboard boxes. And he would never know. Does just as good a job holding the car cover off the floor.

[Oldschool]

I love my "Tribute" car and I drive the crap out of it.