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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
It's really just something that pisses off early gen guys because it ignores the history behind it and it misattributes the idea to somebody who was only involved with implementation. I'll bet that most people with a blacked out tail panel don't even know why Berger did it on their special edition.
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i'd bet they don't even care. btw, you hit the nail on the head with this one.
further, humans like things that fit neatly into categories. if it doesn't fit into a category, they get upset and don't know what to call it. this is how "naming" things gets put into play. the whole g-machine thing, for instance, is a way to describe resto-modification of an older car with newer parts. g-machine for the increased ability to pull high g-forces on a circular track built to test such abilities. if there wasn't a name for it, one would have been "invented". hence, why people erroneously call a blacked-out tail panel a berger panel, because someone invented it and the terminology spread. it fits neatly in a category, and it easily explains what a blacked-out tail panel is, because when you say berger panel people immediately envision a blacked-out tail panel.
so the blacked out tail panels on mopars and rustnags are berger panels, too, right?
