No Response To My "Street-rod" Personalization

[M. B. Robinson]

I mailed ERA about 10 pages of my fantasy wish-list several weeks ago and have heard nothing. Duane Cooney at WSCB recommended that I attenion my questions to "Portante". I'd understand if my desecration might offend "purists". But, no response whatsoever....! Mainly, the subjects were lowering the driver seat to enable me to chop the windshield 3 inches, and shaving the "bumps" off the body at the trunk license tag, gas filler, and tail lights....ALL of which I can do myself,.... but since I want NO 'standard-package' hardware, my fantasy was that you would consider some credit exchange factor of the labor involved &/or the IRS.

Why shouldn't a Chevy drivetrain get the same respect? Shelby is a legend/Saint O-N-L-Y because HE was independent-thinking/inventive enough to have the foresight to install Ford 289/427 engines in an AC Bristol from Surrey, England, which initially had a 90-HP, 4-cylinder engine. To me, the Cobra is a beautiful piece of sculpture for me to enhance and personalize to my own priorities.

And, I figure in another couple of years your customer base will A-L-L be spoiled-rotten, yuppie-boomers. They are used to automatic transmissions, electric side windows, air conditioning, etc. Surely, there are some industrious, mechanically-inclined, retired &/or vo-tech students, with enough tenacity, creativity and engineering skills to custom-fabricate mechanical side windows for a hard top. With all the creative, performance upgrades over the past 44 years to chassis, suspension, brakes, etc, why couldn't basic creature comforts also be up-graded into the 21st Century ?