04-09-2018, 09:53 AM
No one is going for the 38000 quid Chummy?
I'd like another Chummy. My last was a bitser, fibreglass wings, welded chassis, unoriginal body and so on. Great fun but an original would be nice.
But that said, what's original now? As they say, the pendulum swings both ways. We've gone from over restored, better than factory cars back to the full on un-restored, oily rag barn finds being desirable. But I would suspect the real laid up never used again until rediscovered cars that are original but usable without massive rebuild work are extremely rare.
A lot of so called barn finds seem to be neglected, previously badly restored cars. If you do get a previously restored car how can you make it right? Simulate 90 years of wear? What's the right thing to do? If the upholstery was redone in the 60s but badly do you you redo it now correctly and lose that history?
I think the way things are going, people calling for all electric, autonomous vehicles (as a software guy I think this is years off personally) we should enjoy what ever old cars we can now, no matter how unoriginal they are. When the idiots in charge decide all 'old' cars should be off the road they won't be looking at the rivets to see what's original.
Simon
I'd like another Chummy. My last was a bitser, fibreglass wings, welded chassis, unoriginal body and so on. Great fun but an original would be nice.
But that said, what's original now? As they say, the pendulum swings both ways. We've gone from over restored, better than factory cars back to the full on un-restored, oily rag barn finds being desirable. But I would suspect the real laid up never used again until rediscovered cars that are original but usable without massive rebuild work are extremely rare.
A lot of so called barn finds seem to be neglected, previously badly restored cars. If you do get a previously restored car how can you make it right? Simulate 90 years of wear? What's the right thing to do? If the upholstery was redone in the 60s but badly do you you redo it now correctly and lose that history?
I think the way things are going, people calling for all electric, autonomous vehicles (as a software guy I think this is years off personally) we should enjoy what ever old cars we can now, no matter how unoriginal they are. When the idiots in charge decide all 'old' cars should be off the road they won't be looking at the rivets to see what's original.
Simon