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Michael Thies's Blog – June 2014 Archive (1)
HENRY’S “T” & EDSEL’S “A”
HENRY’S “T” & EDSEL’S “A” CLICK ON THE PICTURES!
A major number of polls and surveys have agreed the Ford Model T was clearly the world's most influential car of the 20th Century. Henry Ford has often been credited as the pioneer but actually the real pioneers were in Europe and the “automobile” had existed for decades. It was true, though, that their public adoption had been limited, and they were mostly scarce and expensive. What Henry really did is put…
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Judging the Survivor By Mike Thies
Judging the Survivor
By Mike Thies
Sooner or later every judge faces this class. A freshly restored car with flawless paint sits next to an original car with faded lacquer, a worn driver's seat, and sixty years of honest use on it. Both owners did right by their cars. The job is to score them so neither one is punished for the choice its owner made.
Both deserve respect. A great restoration takes skill, money, and years of work. A true survivor can never be made again…
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A Bite of History: Unicorn Restorations, the 1974 Camaro Z28 by Mike Thies
A Bite of History: Unicorn Restorations, the 1974 Camaro Z28
by Mike Thies
At any good car show, you will find 1957 Chevys in every form: survivors, frame-off restorations, and restomods. What you will rarely find is a 1958. That tells you something about the collector market. Not every year of a popular model becomes a true collectible. Buyers pick favorites, and those years get saved, restored, and passed down, while the years next to them…
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