"That's my story and I'm stickin' to it"

The last couple posts started some heated debate, about what is and isn't "Right", but I'm sticking with my position. Which is, for the record-if something was available as an option on your car in that model year, I feel it's ok for you to add it, even if your car didn't come with it originally.  I mean, if some guy puts a hood tach on a '67 Firebird is it the end of the world?  Or adds a "Bumblebee" stripe to a '69 Charger? Even further- To me, if a guy has a 1968 Cutlass and stuffs a 455 / TH400 powertrain in it out of a big 98, paints it Peruvian Silver and Black, installs a Hurst Dual / Gate shifter and some Year One emblems-as long as he doesn't try to sell it as an original Hurst / Olds-more power to him. If you want a 4-speed in your 1970 Monte Carlo, then put one in it. Their rare, but a 4-speed stick was optional on the Monte Carlo from 1970-72. In fact, a 3-speed stick was the standard tranny, with the 4-speed and automatic optional. Ditto for Pontiac Gran Prix's-their scarce-but you could get a 428 with a 4-speed in 1969. From 1970-72, you could get a 4-speed with a 400, but not the 455. The same goes for 1973-75 Grand Ams. In 1973 only 187 Grand Ams had the 400 / 4-speed combo. Now is it a crime if some guy slaps an M20 and a Hurst shifter into one of the 34,000 others built?  If a guy buys a '73 Chevelle SS with a bench seat- and swaps in the swivel buckets-has he "Ruined" the car?  Better yet-what if it was a base-model Malibu, and besides the seats, he swapped in a 454 and added the SS trim pieces? Did he "ruin" anything?  I know a guy that has a gorgeous triple-white 1971 LeMans Sport convertible, with the "Endura" ( read GTO ) front end and hood.  He added the spoiler, the stripes and some Honeycomb wheels, as well as a hood tach. Every Hot August Nights, people "Oooh" and Aaah" over his "Judge" drop-top. He loves it, and honestly-who has he hurt? Any serious Pontiac collector can see it's a fake in about 2 seconds-( the most glaring thing being the 400 ci engine instead of a 455 HO ) and if or when he ever sells it he'll get more money for it because it's so damnded good-lookin'.  Far more than he'd get if it was Verduro Green with Green interior and a tan top. See what I'm saying?  If you buy a beater 1970 Satellite, swap in a junkyard 440 and put a reproduction rear wing and "Superbird nose on it, that's your perogative, and even though it's a "Fake" ( Superbird ) I'll bet if you sell it, you get way more than an "All-original" Concours-quality 1970 383 Satellite with documentation up the ass. Anyhow, this site is a dictatorship, not a democracy, and I'm not debating this anymore. A 1970 Z/28 is not "ruined" because somebody put a 750 Holley Double-Pumper carb on it and lost the original 3310.  Mastermind