Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Restore Your Classic Car : Bring Back the Good Old Days

People always love to remember how they were in the good old days. One of the ways to remember the memories are by restoring the old cars. The memory of how people hang out with their friends when they are young can be brought back by the cars.

Yet it is quite tricky to have an old car in your garage. Time changes and there will be many things to fix. Simple tools such as wrenches and sockets will not be enough. However, the struggle and sacrifice made by people in doing car restoration usually pays off.

Classic cars will give their owners the pride and a sense of accomplishment because it is so unique and stand out among all the cars in the road. The car will get the attention of most people when it is pulled up into the parking lot. Classic cars are always special, and therefore many people love to restore and drive them.

Why people always restore classic cars can be understood if we are looking back to the 1960's and 1970's era when people had their first cars. A person will always remember his/her first car. With me, it was a 1969 Z/28 Camaro, a muscle car that I truly love.

I remember hanging out in the boulevard one Saturday night. It was a place where I was behind the wheel, racing my car with other racing cars. The fun and joy that the car generated would not be able to be created by today cars like Honda or Toyota.

Now I am desperately looking for a 1969 Z/28 to buy just for the old time sakes. I want to feel it, taste it, and drive it to bring back old good memories when I was still driving it. I believe there are many people who also feel the way I do, longing for the very car that will bring them to the memories of the past.

This is the reason why people do car restoration. There are lots and lots memories with classic cars. It will bring back the old days when car made someone feel important. The moment when he took his first date with the car. All the memories that scattered along the way to present time. And for that reason, car restoration will never die.