This is an interesting thread. I've got opinions too of course. They mostly directly contradict each other. The problem is I can see it from both sides. I guess the point of the thread is, is it right to cut up a perfectly good rust-free Vega to make a pro-street rod. Hmmmm. I guess it comes down to building what you got in some cases. If I had the choice I'd probably cut up a car that was already a goner. To be fair I live in the rust belt so most of them are.
The pro-street look is sorta lame when there isn't the juice to back it up or if it never uses all the gear that was put into it. It's sorta like those guys that buy a car and hole it up in some garage, trailering it everywhere. I guess I just don't get that either. I just don't think a car can fulfill it's true destiny with out being driven. It's like putting Klimt's "the Kiss" in a box somewhere in a storeroom to preserve it. It's purpose is to have a relationship with us. It is the substrate between our eyes and the emotions it elicits. And, so is the car a substrate for our human experience. We live in a world of transience, yet we continually strive to defy the laws of thermodynamics. The undeniable fact is time transforms our matter and we can't stop that. It is a universal truth. We might as well enjoy life to the fullest while we're living in it. You feel me?
On the other hand, even though I'm not a pro-street fan or that I think the rat rod movement seems like an excuse not to work on a car. LOL. I'm not a fan of t-buckets or the latest batch of ricey cars. The thing is, I'm glad they are out there. The street would be seriously boring without them. I love it. So after totally contradicting myself I guess I could have wrote nothing at all. LOL.
So the answer is: Yes and no?