Super Car Responsibility
 

Being new to this forum, I dont know if this subject has been touched upon.
As being the owner of a Super Car should you feel a certain responsibility to the collecting car community and yourself to make sure this car is brought back to Day One condition and to show this car at several events each year?
If so, What about the guy that got that Yenko on Ebay a couple weeks ago. Would it be fair for him to just sit it in his garage until he can muster the 100k or so to bring it back, or should he sell it to someone who can. Maybe he could never take on that venture because of costs. How about the guy with the original drive train, should he sell it to him or vice versa, maybe they could be partners, but there is still a huge road ahead and lots of money. Not trying to offend the owner of that car, this is just an example. Back to the original question, How much responsibility comes with a Super Car? Anyone?
Sam

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Being the owner of several supercars, my personal opinion is I'll do with them as I see fit. Like the owner in WI with the Yenko rotting in his yard, I don't agree with him, however, I do respect his right to make his own decisions of what to do with his property. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img]

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I'm with COPO [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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I can probably agree with what COPO said. I'm sure people think we're just as crazy at that guy in WI when they hear of us racing our cars regularly. But, that's our prerogative.

Funny story...I had some friends over for Thanksgiving and we were watching a tape from our last trip to Memphis this past fall. As I was staging, the microphone caught some guys in the background talking about how if they had that car [our Camaro] they wouldn't be racing it, but have it locked up or something. No sooner had they got that out of there mouths when I went through the traps and the "[email protected]" flashed up on the clocks. The mic then caught a whole monologue of expletives as they talk about how fast that "yellow car" was! Hearing that right there made it worth rolling in at 6am...

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It's your car to do what you please with it. I'm not restoring my JL8 back to 100% stock original because I find it a little boring. I'm adding the crossram, fiberglass crossram hood, Stahl roadrace headers, Minilite wheels, heater delete, radio delete, transistor ignition. I'm doing this because I want people to see what you could have bought in 1969 and gone out road racing with. These mods are easy to put back to stock so it's not too big of a deal. That Yenko on Ebay will take a lot of time, money and parts to be put back to stock. The buyer bought the car because he wanted something to go racing with so I don't see why he would want to put it back to stock right now.

ps - Sammy, where are you at on LBI and where do you keep your car? My 69 Z28 JL8 car is also Hugger Orange with white stripes

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Hey Jeff...I must have been sleeping all this time !!! Is that a documented JL8 you have there ? I just now saw your tag line !

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Hey Jeff,
I moved off the Island to West Creek on the mainland a while ago,Built an 80 foot 2 story garage just for the car [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I still have a building on the causeway in ship bottom where I run my company out of. Are you the same jeff I talked to about the ZL-1 motor from the chevy dealership?
Sam

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"No sooner had they got that out of there mouths when I went through the traps and the "[email protected]" flashed up on the clocks."
Thats why I asked...When the time comes that I find the Yenko Im looking for I plan to use it and not make it a museum piece. Maybe this summer Ill line up next to you and see if we can get into the 11's [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]
Sam
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YOu got a deal! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Hey Jeff,
I moved off the Island to West Creek on the mainland a while ago,Built an 80 foot 2 story garage just for the car [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I still have a building on the causeway in ship bottom where I run my company out of. Are you the same jeff I talked to about the ZL-1 motor from the chevy dealership?
Sam

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No, I don't think that was me. But my memory is pretty shaky anymore, so who knows. My brother and I still go down to Beach Haven for vacation every year. If I didn't have this JL8 car, I would probably have a beach house down there.