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Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Miss Belvedere
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David Wallace
58 Fury
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Miss Belvedere News
I think this "debate" belies the opinions that this car was
so far gone and such a "time capsule" by nature of its burial, that it should
have just been left as found and kept as a relic. Supporting such
opinion was the opinion that it was utterly beyond any economic sensibility to
try and resurrect that car, being that little original material could be saved
and that another comparable model that was in far more restorable condition
could be had at a much more reasonable effort and cost, if restoration was the
absolute goal.
On the flip side, I think some believe this car should be
restored to keep alive a vision that THAT car would come out of the
vault as some living, breathing part of 1957 as it seems was originally
intended when it was interred.
Unfortunately, reality and some serious stupidity intervened
and the car was reduced to be a pretty metal sculpture with little
hope of function, due to deterioration. It is a darned shame the people
that buried the car did not really think all eventualities out. In fact,
I find it ironic how similar the claims made as to the "sealed" vault are to
the magical restorative powers of the people offering to restore the car with
a rag and some elixir.
The reality today is that power to change this situation
does not rest with any of us Forward Lookers. Too bad the car was not
protected from what seems to me to be the most obvious of problems. Now
that the damage has been done and it is owned by persons believing it should
be brought back to life (in spite of restoration realities), there is little
that can be done but go back to what we were doing and shake our heads.
*sigh*
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