Why do people think they can write whatever they want online?
Freedom of speech n all that, but you wouldn't walk up to someone in the street & tell 'em their wife's ugly -whether she is or not. Yet they think they can do just that from the anonymity of a keyboard.
I love seeing classics still being used as daily drivers, tatty or concourse condition. Just makes me smile to see them out & about among the boring, lookalike modern stuff.
You could've just cruised in your Minx as it was when you bought it Chris & it would've looked sweet. Some cars, especially modern classics that haven't reached the status of the accepted older models, are starting to get rarer now, so there's a case for preserving those that are left
BUTthe restoration buffs had the same chance as you to buy it & didn't. You did. It's your motor & you can do whatever you want to it. Paint it pink if you like, (though I might not accept a lift in it if you do). Cars should be driven & enjoyed, whether they're fresh out of the showroom or dragged out of a barn -that's the whole point of them isn't it. They've always been modified, from the coach built specials of the 20s & 30s, to the teenager's hatchbacks of today. Customising is about making the vehicle yours, adding your personality to it. Wouldn't it be boring if everyone liked the same things.
A Hillman's an intriguing choice for the gasser treatment & I'm curious to see how it evolves. Go for it, but please,
really go for it! It needs more ...oomph. More of everything. Gassers should be big & bold & crazy, but a lot of that could still be done on a budget. Jack it up another foot off the ground, polished Wolfies or Cragars, the biggest, stoopidest motor you can wedge in it, open fender headers, a tube front axle, strip the interior except for the period dashboard, 2 60s race seats, a roll cage, coloured perspex windows, big, bright graphics -a road going drag car.
-but that's just my opinion.
Ignore the detractors mate & enjoy your car.
