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The perfect classic
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07/05/2024 16:26
07/05/2024 16:26
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PaulL
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Enjoying the ride
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Cleveland
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Reading about people modifying their cars got me thinking.
If you had a 1952 Ferrari that had been wrapped in cotton wool since coming out of the factory, and only taken out once a year for preservation maintenance, would it be 'better' than the same car that had lived a careful used life, withe some miles and patina ?
I was at a Motor Show one year, and an owner was displaying his 1940s black Austin. It was his pride and joy, although a little shabby. He maintained it himself where he could. He wanted it to look 'new' by having a respray.
The rest of the Austin owners around him were being a bit heavy, in poo pooing the idea, saying that is car was relatively genuine and displayed patina.
My view is that he lives with it. He pays for it and he wants to enjoy it.
There's a mad guy with fluorescent green coupe in North Yorkshire. Not for me, but he enjoys it.
Discuss !
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Re: The perfect classic
[Re: PaulL]
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07/05/2024 18:25
07/05/2024 18:25
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 17,148 Auld Reekie
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Club President, member225
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Up to the owner. Others don't have to like what's done to it, that's their prerogative; different though to telling someone else they're 'wrong'. If Chris Bangle designed something it is very likely to work not just for him but for many others, but if an owner wants their own rear lights for example it's only 'better' or 'worse' as an opinion rather than right or wrong - it's just 'different'. IMHO ![smile smile](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif)
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Re: The perfect classic
[Re: PaulL]
#1672143
27/05/2024 20:33
27/05/2024 20:33
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,286 West Berks
skinflint
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I need some sleep
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West Berks
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I would like to get mine resprayed but don't want the respray to blister, flake, peel, chip etc. so might try to get a specialist to touch up the chips and push out the dents. The Ink black paint seems to last really well. Has anyone ever ratted a Coupe? Saw this on one of the many Henry Cole programs today an I think it looks fantastic! Ratted E-Type
Last edited by skinflint; 27/05/2024 21:12.
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Re: The perfect classic
[Re: PaulL]
#1672186
30/05/2024 06:55
30/05/2024 06:55
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 33,655 Berlin
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Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
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Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
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I too am of the opinion that the ratted style is not for me, but I suppose there's something for everyone. Equally, I think a car's designers generally do a better job of designing the bodywork than most aftermarket plastic panel makers, though, so what do I know? What I really hate to see is a car that's kept in cotton wool and never driven... journalists (and readers!) gushing over sixty year old Ferraris with 'only 4,000km on the clock' really wind me up. If the vehicle is not driven ('just to the MOT station once a year!') then irrespective of the mechanical issues caused by lack of use, it has failed in its primary function. I don't worry about every tiny scratch on the paintwork; I don't wash it every time I drive it (except in Turin trips, of course! ![laugh laugh](/forum/images/graemlins/default/laugh.gif) ); I don't refuse to take it out in the rain. Just drive the bloody things and stop obsessing! Neil
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