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@Stan Galat posted:

In my opinion, the thing takes on a life of it's own at the point where you stop caring what the original car had, and start caring about how to make this thing the best it can possibly be for your own application. That looks different for different people, which makes the plastic-car world a much, much more interesting place than either the "original" crowd, or those who would want to duplicate that aesthetic as closely as possible.

I've got zero beef with "replicas", but it's hard for me to refer to my car in that manner, as I'm not trying to ape anything.

If "bespoke coach-built" didn't sound so pretentious it might be how I'd refer to it. As I'll never be that guy, "clown car" is going to have to suffice.

That right there. With my first car I tried to sit on the fence between "originality" and "don't care what you think, it's mine".

The second time around, I planned and plotted and ended up FIRMLY in the "don't care" vein. I also figured out that it really can't do many things WELL. Boulevard cruiser/interstate/autocross/track toy/mountain road slayer?

Pick ONE, and make it do THAT, but do it well. I picked the last one on my list.

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