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[Jeff Detrich]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

> but by their
>    nature they are regarded as somewhat anti-establishment
>

In the early days, a lot of people bought new Panteras because they were a
step up from the sports cars they were already driving. Others bought
because it was stylish. You had to be somewhat anti-establishment because
the car mags hade trashed the car so you bought it because it was good
performance and good value compared to the other cars out there - 911s,
Ferraris, E-types, Corvettes, etc. By the late 70s, it was going downhill,
the stylish, gold chain crowd, but there were still owners who valued the
performance. Unfortunately this is when most of the cars started to be
poorly maintained. The 90s started to bring back the buyer who was looking
for performance and style but the car was still an outlier. The 2000s
started to see the car making a comeback for what it was. People started to
do better restos and maintenance. And that continues today. But you still
have to be somewhat of an anti-establishment type, ie, you buy the car for
what it is, not for what it's perceived to be. And unlike a lot of more
traditional car folks, most of us have modified the car in some way or
another to make it a better, safer, more dependable driver.

So call us "Rednecks." It may not be the word I'd use but we value the car
for what it is, perceptions be damned.

Just my opinion.

Jeff
6559
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   On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Julian Kift
   <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

   but by their
      nature they are regarded as somewhat anti-establishment

   In the early days, a lot of people bought new Panteras because they
   were a step up from the sports cars they were already driving. Others
   bought because it was stylish. You had to be somewhat
   anti-establishment because the car mags hade trashed the car so you
   bought it because it was good performance and good value compared to
   the other cars out there - 911s, Ferraris, E-types, Corvettes, etc. By
   the late 70s, it was going downhill, the stylish, gold chain crowd, but
   there were still owners who valued the performance. Unfortunately this
   is when most of the cars started to be poorly maintained. The 90s
   started to bring back the buyer who was looking for performance and
   style but the car was still an outlier. The 2000s started to see the
   car making a comeback for what it was. People started to do better
   restos and maintenance. And that continues today. But you still have to
   be somewhat of an anti-establishment type, ie, you buy the car for what
   it is, not for what it's perceived to be. And unlike a lot of more
   traditional car folks, most of us have modified the car in some way or
   another to make it a better, safer, more dependable driver.
   So call us "Rednecks." It may not be the word I'd use but we value the
   car for what it is, perceptions be damned.
   Just my opinion.
   Jeff
   6559

References

   1. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com