I'm good with "restification", though "resto-mod" is being used quite a
bit by the broad car collector community.
I think the term "frame-off" is mistakely used when they mean
rotisserie (perhaps because it's easier to spell) or to convey that it
is 100% completely restored (restified???).
--- "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Stephen's car to me is a "restification" (restoration/modification)
> or
> resto-mod if you like. It's a super nice car but deviates from
> original. I
> think certain sacrifices have to be made such as selt belts added or
> radial
> tires verses bias-plys...but once you go in and change things far
> beyond the
> way the car was built or intended to be used then you leave the
> restoration
> world and are into restification.
>
> From a dictionary...to restore is "to bring back to an original
> condition"
>
> If you restored an antique piece of funriture, jeweley, Ming vase or
> even
> the Sistine Chapel (by Michael Angelo) you wouldn't put your own
> "personal"
> spin on it.
>
> On the American Hot Rod TV program, Boyd just finished a Corvette but
> I
> certainly wouldn't call his cars restorations even if they are 100
> times
> nicer than they came from the factory.
>
> To me "restored" is just an over used word either on purpose or out
> of
> ignorance (for lack of a better word) to increase the seller's gains
> or
> car's status. Lots of car on Ebay say "restored" and I think to
> myself a
> dumptruck of Bondo and gallon of house paint don't make the car
> restored.
>
> Also one of my favorite lines is..."frame-off restoration" when it
> comes to
> unibody cars...I guess if you drilled/chiseled out a unibody
> structure,
> restored it and then rewelded the whole darn thing back together
> again you
> could call it frame-off.
>
> Just my 2 cents worth,
>
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