Posted by Keith in Washington on Monday, July 21, 2003 at 4:40PM :
In Reply to: Re: Preservation vs. Restoration posted by Tim Way on Monday, July 21, 2003 at 3:47PM :
Good Points.
My carryall was already modified when I got it. I did a neater job of it when I rebuilt it. I did not try to replace all those Dodge bolts with originals and the ones on my truck could not be cleaned up.If someone wanted to they could do a restoration on it. The body is all there and good. Driveline is easily changed back and someone can chase down all the correct bolts if they want.
My ff pu is a different story, it is very original. It has a little body damage and has been painted before. It is a candidate for a restoration. Not sure if I will go that far. I am planning on doing some mods to it. First I am putting on front disk brakes and Helitools under the floor brake master cylinder. This is strictly being done for saftey. I also thinking of replacing the crash box with a NP420 trans. Just because it is quieter and my current trans is well worn and dumps a lot of oil out of the shift rails. It just coats everyting. These mods can be easily reversed by anyone in the future so I do not have a problem. I would never butcher that truck or extensively modify it. It is too good.