Ah, its a freakin car. Tell him to throw a 408W in it and to hell with everyone.
Everytime I see cars in bubble wrap I want to kick THOSE people in the balls!
There are 4 kinds of car people:
1) Those that "hot rod" anything they own.
2) Those that want originality so much they are willing to drive with 4 wheel drum brakes and power nothing.
3) Those that have owned lots of cars but have never really done anything with them (but of course they have millions of stories about them)
4) Those that wish they were 1,2,or 3
Personally, if I want to see a beautiful, original example of a car I will go to a musuem.