Stephen,
regarding the last comment..."where do you draw the line?" This is exactly
what I was/am curious about. Again, would the multi gazillion dollar
Dusenberg benefit from a safety upgrade to the brakes? Probably, but it
isn't original. I understand the need and have done it myself the need to
make our cars safer to motor around in. But could I call it restored if it
had other than original tires (or is that tyres?). Or anything else for that
matter that did or di not come with the car. Would it be restored if I added
extra tools in the tool pouch? Where is the doggone line anyway? I like
personalized cars anyway.
My old car is pretty much original except for a few items but is in no way
restored or even reconditioned or resto mod. Anfd I do notplan on restoring
it, just curious as to waht restoration means and what shold or should not
be included in the term. Is there a standard? I am not in the loop anywhere
regards this so I don't have a clue.
mayf, off planet in Pahrump
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Waybright" <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; <tigers@autox.team.net>; "'Alpine's
Peak'" <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: Restoring a Car or other Vehicle
> "Reconditioned" sounds too much like something you'd find on a used car
> lot.. you know, "certified pre-owned." It sure doesn't reflect the
> extreme level of detail and quality that went into my car as well as so
> many other "resto-mods". How about that.. "Resto-mod". I'm OK with that
> since they are the cars bringing in the top dollars at the auctions
> nowadays. "Fully restored resto-mod".
>
> The strict originality argument falls down, especially when you
> consider the necessity for safety upgrades. Would radial tires
> disqualify the cars from being "restored" in your definition? If not,
> were do we draw the line?
>
> --- DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com> wrote:
>
> > But, here is where semantics may come into play. I think of you car
> > as being
> > "reconditioned", not restored. To restore something to me says like
> > the way
> > it came, neither better nor worse. Reconditioned on the other hand
> > seems to
> > convey rebuilt to maybe newer specs or some such.
> >
> > I am sure this question has been around far longer than I and will
> > remain so
> > far a long time yet to come. Just curious.
> >
> > mayf
>
>
>
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