3. Money. The hobbyists who complains the most have the least of it and the hobbyist who builds the perfect resto have the most of it!!! As an example the the carburetor on my Corvette is not the original date coded carb. I can buy one fully restored for $300 or I can buy one thats not correct for $75. What should I do? Well I went the $75 route because the block in mine has been replaced and you cannot get date coded blocks. Whats the point of one part being date coded it the other isnt?
My Fathers '68 Corvette L/79 327/350 hp,(Numbers match) 32XX frame off the line in the model year, now has a $700+ Date coded re-anodized carb, because Dad changed the stock one for a Holly in '73. And $1K work of the factory emmissions runners. I love history, and I'm going to keep some of my bikes as close as I can in components, but I hope bikes never get to be like old Vette's
