who's got the balls to cal look this

[Jon]

Why does everything have to be "restored" to showroom condition...? It takes balls not to restore these cars...

[bugnut68]

If you are talking about BBT´s Heb, there was really very very very little original metal left of it, and would have been a close to impossible restoration.

I have no idea whose car it was, I just remember seeing the thread.  It's a different situation when there's little original metal left, I think.  The Papler bugged me just because it was a complete car turned into something very ordinary.

I'm not a total purist by any stretch, but some cars, IMO, are just cooler in their original or more historical form.  To me, a slammed, RV-style narrowed front end and broken-axle slammed resto-custom are a dime a dozen, whereas a fire car with old paint and historical significance are not.  That's just me, though.  I saw the Papler at Competition Engineering in '94 when I was 17 and was floored by it.  Now it's just a resto-custom that was, by all appearances, built just to piss people off.  And, judging by the Samba thread from a few years ago, the owner succeeded.

My opinions are only opinions, and by no means a jab or insult to any owners, as I've never met the owner of the drag Heb nor the current owner of the Papler. 

[Rennsurfer]

Fabian, you ROCK!



Okay... get rid of those tires and whatever kind of wheels those are. Fix the broken axles out back and get the camber back to proper. Slightly bring the nose down, add some unpolished late Fuchs 911 alloys (late 6" will do), and add a 901 transmission & a big engine with 48IDAs. Of course, have A-1 Muffler fab up something killer in the exhaust department.

[pancho villa]

sign me up iam ready for task.

[roland]

[Rocket Ron]

that looks great !!!!!!!!!

[roland]

I agree! Next project for Rich50 maybe?

[Rocket Ron]

I think he's doing a low light ghia cab next