An interesting piece on the overrestoration of antique autos appears in
the New York Times today (Friday Aug. 14). It echos an editorial which
recently appeared in Moss Motoring by Bill Piggot on the need for a
preservation class in judging of vintage car shows. The NY Times article
by Michael Lamm reports on the Pebble Beach Concours where the trend
toward overrestoration was begun by a personal rivalry between JB
Nethercutt and Bill Harrah in the mid '70s. Apparently, in a backlash
against yuppified restorations of everyman's car, nowadays
the Ford Model A folks actually deduct points for better than new
restorations. The preservation class is alive and well among Porsche and
Ferrari clubs according to Mr. Lamm.
-Kevin
|