You don't get it...he did it in such a way that the car could easily be restored back to stock.
Let's face it, street rodders would be looked upon much more favorably if they took cars out of the junk yard to rod, rather then buying perfectly good cars and customizing (ruining) them past the point that they can ever be restored back to original.
Street rodding and customizing began because kids couldn't afford to fix cars correctly. Today, its still often done because an owner is too cheap to properly restore a vehicle.
