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Originally Posted by chris vickery
You say resto/mod, this terminology worries me somewhat? Maybe a little clarification may help as true restorers and collectors ofetn have extra projects available but are reluctant to sell especially in the case of someone wanting to chop, modify or ortherwise alter original vehicles... I had this happen once with a restorable M38 that ended up as a hotrod...
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Don't worry, I'll never restore a vehicle that has potential for a 'proper' restoration. The mod would be a more modern engine and transmission so that I could actually take it safely on modern roads and not need to rebuild the engine every 100,000 KMs. I'd never mess with the body/suspension-my dream vehicle is a CMP with a modern diesel engine but is, cosmetically, 100% old-school CMP.
For example, I'd love to get ahold of
this. Rip out the existing engine, which sounds dead, and replace it with a CSB.
Although, as a personal side note: I appreciate the sentiment behind keeping things original, but I have a few issues against it. One, it's not like we need to preserve a breeding pair of CMPs to continue the line. Two, someone else already has an original one better then I could ever do it. Three, the chances of exposing these wonderful vehicles to the world is much better if they're actually capable of running on modern roads.