^Very well put, and what struck me most about your post is your modesty.^ You are an expert IN YOUR FIELD. This is one thing these cut & paste hot rodders & tuners are not, is modest, nor most of them experts.
That's why we have all of these piece-of-shit pink & candy apple red street rod monstrosities running around ruined, never being able to be restored properly thanks to these imbeciles.