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Originally Posted by jim1932
Everytime I mention fixing up my car I get the "leave it the way it is" and "It's only original once". This is usually from guys with pristine restored cars.
Well I got tired of the stained and saggy headliner and the mice ate part of the back seat a year ago. Here is what I found.
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People that say that are a PIA!
Tell them to buy a car and store it in a special climate controlled room for posterity!
You bought the car because you like it and want to have fun with it!
Life is too short
So save the car as it is and never get in it for fear of wearing it out.
You might as well never buy it.
I have an original 1933 ford with most everything original including the interior. I replaced the floor mats because the original ones are shreaded.
Fortunately the interior is great but if I jad found a car that needed new seats I would have replaced them. Don;t just sit ina piece of decaying debrie for histories sake. You are not running the smithsonian mueseum.
You bought the car for fun, enjoy it. Nothing lasts forever ..
the car or you....enjoy what you paid for.
Have fun with you car, fix what needs to be fixed to make it nice and enjoyable. Don't just tear out the old because it has gotten a little dingy, but replace portions of those things that are ratty and make it unpleasant for you to sit in your car.
PS I know people that buy old comic books sealed in plastic holders than graded and can never be opened. That is very sad.