If your going to restore the car, do it right for God's sake!!!

Went to the Barrett-Jackson auction here for Hot August Nights. There was some really interesting stuff-a 1968 Z/28 Camaro with the rare, dual 600 Holley Cross-Ram intake, a 1972 Mustang Mach 1 with a 351CJ and a three-speed stick, a real 289 Cobra ( there were tons of Cobra kit cars there ) a couple of Hemi Superbirds, and the usual array of GTOs, SS Chevelles. 442s, Chargers, Road Runners, etc. A lot of them were pristine and very well done. What irked me, however, was there was a ton that people were asking big bucks for that were all screwed up. And I'm not being Concours show judge anal- ( "You have the wrong kind of hose clamps" ) . No, when I say screwed up-I mean one or several glaring flaws that ruined an otherwise great car. Like the '70 Chevelle that looked totally stupid with 24" inch wheels. I mean it looked like Hot Wheel parody. These huge wheels and the car riding on top of them. The wrong wheels was the biggest offense. And again- I'm not saying you have to only run factory wheels. There was a '70s Trans-Am there that had 17 inch Snowflakes that looked awesome. There was a 'Cuda AAR that had 17 inch Cragar S/S mags and fat, ZR rated rubber at all four corners that had probably the best stance of anything there. There was '69 Mach 1 Mustang with 16 inch Amaerican Racing Torq-Thrust mags and 245/50VR16 Comp T/'A's on it that looked badass. I understand wanting to have the ride and handling quality of modern radials. That's why Wheel Vintiques, Year One and other companies offer Chevrolet and Chrysler Rally wheels, Pontiac Rally IIs and Snowflakes, Ford Magnum 500s and others in 15", 16" and even 17" sizes. That's why companies like Cragar and American Racing offer classics like the Torq-Thrust, the S/S, the Keystone Klassic, the Ansen Sprint, and others in 15',16" and 17' sizes-so you can put modern VR or ZR rated performance tires on your classic musclecar and still have a period-correct look. I have no problem with that. What I have a problem with-besides the Chevelle with the 24s, there was a 1970 GTO Judge convertible with 20" wheels that should be in "Lowrider" magazine. And it had a cheap auto parts store wood steering wheel. Come on,man! You couldn't get a repro Luxury Cushion wheel from Year One? Or a "Formula" wheel out of a junk '70-81 Firebird? ( The T/A style "Formula" steering wheel was an option on all '70-72 LeMans / GTO models as well ). Then there was the 1969 SS396 Chevelle that had late '70's Vega / Camaro / Nova bucket seats-which are totally different from the Chevelle / Monte Carlo / GTO style buckets. It also had a butchered dash with a bunch of Auto Meter guages in it. There was the 69 Olds 442 with a B&M "Star Shifter". Again-Year One offers reproduction GM "A" body consoles and shifters. And the famous Hurst "Dual / Gate" shifter was a factory option. You can still buy these from Hurst or Year One, or Summit Racing, or NPD.  If it had the Hurst shifter it would have been super-cool. The B&M stood out like a sore thumb. Then there was the 1964 442 with a later-model 350 in it. How did I know? Well the HEI distributor was the 1st dead giveaway, and the 2nd was the Quadrajet carb on a manifold that had an EGR valve next to it!! The Q-Jet wasn't introduced until 1967, EGR in 1973, and HEI distributors in 1975!! So,yeah this looked a little out of place on a '64 442!!  Again-I'm not a "Just as it left the factory" freak. 330 Olds V8s are scarce. They've been out of production since 1967. The 350 that was used from 1968-1980 is a lot easier to find and looks the same externally. I have no problem with that. But he could have used a point-type distributor ( or a stock-looking Petronix if he wanted Electronic ignition ) and an Edelbrock manifold with a Carter AFB or at least an Edelbrock Performer carb. That would be period correct and like the Pure Stock drag rules the original "type".  You can say I'm nit-picking, but these people were asking 25. 30,40, or 50 thousand dollars for these cars. For that kind of money, they damn well better be "Right". That's all I'm saying. Mastermind