So I was cruising around SoCal yesterday and saw the stereotypical college girl Jeep (that's what my son calls this style; we've all seen it):
LEDS EVERYWHERE
polished aluminum 20" rims
scowling grill
A bright red high lift jack mounted in the most conspicuous place possible
Bright red D-rings on the front and back, clanging away as they drive
etc. etc. etc.
I think we all get license to do what we want with our rigs. College girl style is not my style but my style also isn't most other peoples style so set that aside, just setting the scene, I guess.
What made the one I was looking at pique my interest was on the back window it had a "Built not bought" sticker. So I started looking a little closer thinking maybe this one was a little different. I started looking at the undercarriage to see if there was any fabrication; None that I could see. Maybe gears and a locker were installed; rear diff cover looked like it had never been removed. I even saw what looked like stock JK Exhaust.
I started thinking "PSHHHH! Built??! What's 'built' on that?!" But the other side of me said "What's built about your turd? You just fix things that break. how is that anymore built than that JK?"
Hm... When I think "Built not Bought" my head goes 3 ways:
a) a ground up resto where everything came apart and went back together. Upgrades are irrelevant here. They got a starter vehicle and completely went through it.
b) A vehicle that was modified to do something that it was never really meant to do. So a Honda Civic that runs 10's in the quartermile. A rock crawling Wagoneer. A Baja bug. A Narrow Track Cherokee with a Hemi swap.
c) A car assembled from pretty much all new parts. So a Factory 5 Cobra Replica, Meyers Manx, a T-Bucket, a chopper.
But then again, maybe a vehicle that is generally modified by the owner should fit in here somewhere? At what point is it "built"?
What if the owner never really "built" it at all but bought a ton of expensive parts and paid a shop to install them? It was "built" by the shop, right? But then does that make hand assembled cars like exotic Italians "built not bought"?
Is it the changes to the car that make it "built"? If so, then a factory restoration was not "built".
Useless banter but fun to think about.... Thoughts?
LEDS EVERYWHERE
polished aluminum 20" rims
scowling grill
A bright red high lift jack mounted in the most conspicuous place possible
Bright red D-rings on the front and back, clanging away as they drive
etc. etc. etc.
I think we all get license to do what we want with our rigs. College girl style is not my style but my style also isn't most other peoples style so set that aside, just setting the scene, I guess.
What made the one I was looking at pique my interest was on the back window it had a "Built not bought" sticker. So I started looking a little closer thinking maybe this one was a little different. I started looking at the undercarriage to see if there was any fabrication; None that I could see. Maybe gears and a locker were installed; rear diff cover looked like it had never been removed. I even saw what looked like stock JK Exhaust.
I started thinking "PSHHHH! Built??! What's 'built' on that?!" But the other side of me said "What's built about your turd? You just fix things that break. how is that anymore built than that JK?"
Hm... When I think "Built not Bought" my head goes 3 ways:
a) a ground up resto where everything came apart and went back together. Upgrades are irrelevant here. They got a starter vehicle and completely went through it.
b) A vehicle that was modified to do something that it was never really meant to do. So a Honda Civic that runs 10's in the quartermile. A rock crawling Wagoneer. A Baja bug. A Narrow Track Cherokee with a Hemi swap.
c) A car assembled from pretty much all new parts. So a Factory 5 Cobra Replica, Meyers Manx, a T-Bucket, a chopper.
But then again, maybe a vehicle that is generally modified by the owner should fit in here somewhere? At what point is it "built"?
What if the owner never really "built" it at all but bought a ton of expensive parts and paid a shop to install them? It was "built" by the shop, right? But then does that make hand assembled cars like exotic Italians "built not bought"?
Is it the changes to the car that make it "built"? If so, then a factory restoration was not "built".
Useless banter but fun to think about.... Thoughts?
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