Have You Upcycled A Model Car Today?
05/03/13...A little more than a year ago I purchased a neat little box lot of model cars and wrote a CCJ piece on them. Here is the link to that article. Don't Mess With History
One car in that box lot was a 1939 Maserati 8CLT. It was sold and shipped to a nice gentleman in California. When Paul received it, he wrote a note about being torn between restoring it or just keeping it as is. In my article "Don't Mess With History" I leaned towards saving "period builds" as found.
Recently I received this very nice letter (with pictures) in the mail.
Pictures were apparently taken through glass case so slightly blurry.
Clarence's Car Journal Responds
Hello Paul,
The beauty of living in this world is witnessing the creativity that gives us wonderful eye candy every day. I'm a sucker for saving stuff. My garage gives frightful evidence to all this. However, this time I must reverse my opinion in favor of better judgment. Your decision to restore and upcycle was certainly the right one. With my modeling skills I would and should have kept the car "as is." With your modeling skills you should have done precisely what you did. Congratulations on a fabulous car. Kudos. I'm glad you didn't listen to my advice. --CY
PS. Here you will find a recent photo of the actual car modeled. Ferrari Owners' Club UK
