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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by enduringexp Remember, too, that this is the kind of thinking that took muscle cars away from the masses and made them collectors items. Some people just think that the more you spend on something, the better it is, and anything else is junk. If you are in the hobby for the right reasons, which should be personal enjoyment and satisfaction, then model what you want and how you want. If you let others dictate to you what a "real" modeller is, you need to find a different hobby, or at least a different group of friends. [/quote] Actually the muscle cars were killed by emissions, costly parts and overall insurance problems. I have owned two of them in my life and they were daily drivers. I would be glared at by the BMW or Lexus driver and looked down upon as a no lifer who drove a heap of junk. They did not carry those feelings after I was able to use the power and good tires (headers, sway bars etc et c etc) to cut holes in the traffic and make my way rather easily to work during the cutthroat commute where horsepower is king and brakes is the enforcers. I think the cost of muscle cars took off because alot of people reached middle age and went GEE... I shore miss my old Judge or Charger and had the financial ability to bring some of these cars back to life in the full glory and ability as they were first built. I think bringing a old Varney or Brass engine back to life and running it in today's modern world of DCC and such is a wonderful thing to do. Keeping history alive in living form is a tribute. Nothing to be shamed of. So I say run em if you got em. As long as others with you in the club or LHS are doing the same and possibly bringing new people in to see what the fun was about; it's all good.
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