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Stock or modified

Dear In response to Huw Evans’ article in the August issue headed Stock or modified?, if I owned the beautiful red and white ‘55 Bel Air, it would stay stock for sure as a time capsule to a glorious time of the 20th century, so I think it depends on the car you start with. In my experience American classic owners tend to fall generally into two distinct groups, traditionalists or hot rodders, and I would fall into the second category. After selling my 10-year-owned New Zealand assembled RHD 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air (slightly modified, but it was like that when I purchased it), I

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