Let's go with "Period Correct" as what's right...or "Correct"...

I get really sick of people turning up their noses at awesome cars because some minor option or accessory isn't "Correct".  A case in point-a guy had a gorgeous candy apple red '67 GTO. It had a white interior and it had the 400 / TH400 powertrain. Whether or not it was numbers-matching I don't know. The car was parked at a local "Show-n-Shine" at a popular burger joint. It had tri-power induction and it had fat T/A radials on gorgeous Hurst wheels. I know Tire Rack and Summit both offer reproduction Hurst wheels. Anyhow some self-proclaimed Pontiac "expert" was spouting to his pal how the tri-power was incorrect and how the wheels were wrong because both options were not available after 1966. I think he's wrong on the wheels, but I wasn't going to argue. Murphy's Law-"Never argue with an idiot, because people might not know the difference." The reason it irked me so much is the car was beautiful and it was "Period correct."  Tri-power had been a Pontiac Performance staple since 1959. When the option was not available for 1967-even though the new 400 inch engine with completely redesigned cylinder heads and 4 bbl induction made MORE power than the revered tri-power 389-the buff magazines howled bloody murder to the high heavens. The '65-66 setup would bolt onto the new engine, and all the parts could be purchased in dealer parts departments. There were a lot of people who put tri-power on their '67 GTOs and Firebirds. Ditto for the Hurst wheels. You could buy them through dealerships or you could find them used at swap meets.  Your aware that Don Yenko put Pontiac Rally II wheels a lot of his 427 Camaros. Is a Yenko worth any less because it has Chevy Rally wheels or aftermarket wheels on it instead of Rally II's ?  No!!!  A '68 Camaro with  headers, a 650 Holley on an Edelbrock Tarantula manifold, and Cragar S/S mags is just as "Right" today as it was in 1971.  A '68 Camaro with a Fuel-Injected LS motor backed by a six-speed automatic with 20 inch Center Lines is an aberration.  See what I'm saying?  At the same show-n-shine I saw a '66 Mustang. It was a GT350 clone, but it was way cool. It had a Ford SVT 345 hp 302 crate engine topped by 4 Weber carbs!  You could buy these 4-Weber setups in the '60's, and I'm pretty sure Carroll Shelby offered it as an option on 289 Cobras and early GT350s. I wouldn't have known it wasn't a 289 if the owner hadn't told me.  It had a Top-Loader 4-speed and 17" Torq-Thrust mags with ZR-Rated tires. It looked and sounded badass, and it was "Period Correct". Much better than if it had a Coyote backed by a five or six-speed manual or automatic.  So cut people some slack. a '65 Barracuda with a 360-based 408 stroker disguised as a 273 is totally cool. A '65 Barracuda with an SRT8 Hemi and an 8-speed automatic is not.   Mastermind