I'm on the same page except for one vowel.
I think it's a shame to butcher something that's still in reasonable original condition but the owner should do whatever he, she, it or other, (please specify), wants.
U.S. made cars made after 1957 probably should be crushed.
No matter how "original" or not, a car resurrected from the dead is better than melting it down into something that will be scrap next year.