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My definition is something that is basically a time-capsule.
All improvements or modifications (if any) STOPPED at a certain point way in the past and it is now a window into the past.
Whether it has been driven or stored during the time between then-n-now is irrelevant.
My opinion.Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
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...wasn't enjoyed then, but sure could be now.
Or it could be a car that was enjoyed carefully, for a while, then preserved. Same thing, but it sounds better.
I wonder if our old ones that we got over 30 years ago would be considered "survivors"? They've been modified some over the years.My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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To me, its a car that hasnt been restored, or messed with after 19XX. Most likely sat unused for decades, and was taken out and not restored at that point past running.
Example:
Sitting since 1981, 52k on it, now being driven with no restoration work done outside of removing mouse shit.Local person
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Originally posted by RustyRodder View PostTo me, its a car that hasnt been restored, or messed with after 19XX. Most likely sat unused for decades, and was taken out and not restored at that point past running.
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I think a survivor car still wears its oem paint scheme with little or no touch up and OEM interior, unless its a survivor race car. I suppose a survivor could have been hot rodded, but itd have to be early on in its life (less than 10 years old?) Its just a name at any rate. If its all OG, but rotten or beaten, it really hasn't survived...but as cars get older, the bar seems to get lowered.
BKBwww.FBthrottlebodies.com
Bruce K Bridges
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I'd call a vehicle with 200-300k miles on it a survivor before I'd call a car that has about 2000 miles or less per year put on it.. Oh to have a time machine, and buy all the big block vettes and other gas hogs for the crazy low cost you could buy them for then(70's).. and park them, and then have them cross b/j as a "survivor" even tho. the only reason it wasn't used was lack of fuel..
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survivor car is still alive.
high miles and old... not sure what to call it. check badly plastic'd the butt connectors for the new wiring.
don't wonder where the original bias ply went..
or why it has a 2001 chrysler alternator.
survivor car would have to be low miles...else altered dramatically for its given generational error.
the worst terrorizing yet is 70s to 80s.Previously boxer3main
the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.
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I have what I call a surviver car. 87 GTA trans am. 200,.000 miles an it was driven in the winter about every other year. It has a few small spots where surface rust is just starting. Smaller than your little finger nail. Original paint. Getting pretty thin in spots. Well, now that I've spit all that out,.it needs the original motor and tranny, which mine doesn't.Previously HoosierL98GTA
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I would consider my 66 T-Bird a survivor. 110,000 mile that lived a lot of its life in Cali, original interior that is complete but worn, one very old and faded repaint close to the original colour, original drivetrain. Some chromed goodies under the hood, old chrome smoothie wheels, and a 1980 Winternationals decal on the windshield.
cheers
EdEd Nicholson - Caledon Ontario - a bit NW of Toronto
07 Mustang GT with some stuff
88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe 5-speed
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