With the launch of Classic Car Gurus I felt that a great way to showcase the skills and talent of the gurus listed on the site would be to have a project car that under goes a full restoration and is documented on the web site.
Over the years I have had plenty of cars and a lot of them, had I kept them, would be classics today. This leads to the question, what sort of project car should I choose? Classic Car Gurus is an Australian website and I have no interest in doing anything with it in New Zealand or any other countries so perhaps an Australian car should be featured. I've had some nice European cars in the past, the Japanese cars that appeal are reliable and relatively easy to source parts for and of course there is a multitude of choice if you think American.
Rather than charge the hill and make an executive decision I felt I should canvass other people's opinions to see what they feel should be the chosen marque. Everyone I approached had a different perspective which ultimately helped me decide what to do. All of the suggestions were good ones. Interestingly, most lent towards an Australian candidate for all the obvious reasons with badges and names like Bolwell, Monaro, XY, Charger and the like. Few suggested European with the exception of MG, E-Type and Austin Healey featuring as potential candidates. The American suggestions centered on Mustang, Camaro and a few other pony cars. The Datsun 240Z was the common pick amongst the Japanese candidates.
With so many cars to choose from ultimately it came down to a number of questions - what do you want to use it for, how much do want to spend, concourse restoration or resto-mod, how involved do you want it to be, what condition does the donor car need to be in? And the list went on. And on. With so many opinions it didn't take me long to realise that the one opinion that counted was mine, with buy in from the wife. Having explained the vision for the project car the wife saw the big picture, gave me the go ahead and said you choose. There is a god after all.
Over the years I have had plenty of cars and a lot of them, had I kept them, would be classics today. This leads to the question, what sort of project car should I choose? Classic Car Gurus is an Australian website and I have no interest in doing anything with it in New Zealand or any other countries so perhaps an Australian car should be featured. I've had some nice European cars in the past, the Japanese cars that appeal are reliable and relatively easy to source parts for and of course there is a multitude of choice if you think American.
Rather than charge the hill and make an executive decision I felt I should canvass other people's opinions to see what they feel should be the chosen marque. Everyone I approached had a different perspective which ultimately helped me decide what to do. All of the suggestions were good ones. Interestingly, most lent towards an Australian candidate for all the obvious reasons with badges and names like Bolwell, Monaro, XY, Charger and the like. Few suggested European with the exception of MG, E-Type and Austin Healey featuring as potential candidates. The American suggestions centered on Mustang, Camaro and a few other pony cars. The Datsun 240Z was the common pick amongst the Japanese candidates.
With so many cars to choose from ultimately it came down to a number of questions - what do you want to use it for, how much do want to spend, concourse restoration or resto-mod, how involved do you want it to be, what condition does the donor car need to be in? And the list went on. And on. With so many opinions it didn't take me long to realise that the one opinion that counted was mine, with buy in from the wife. Having explained the vision for the project car the wife saw the big picture, gave me the go ahead and said you choose. There is a god after all.
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