10-03-2019, 03:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-03-2019, 03:35 PM by PedigreeChummy.)
Yes, true, Mike. The more I look into this, the more it seems to be true that it was all rather haphazard...
We live in a world of matching-numbers classics now, all tied in to silly asking prices, inflated auction estimates and the like... add to that the modern propensity to write-off a car rather than repair it, due to cost of electronics etc. not being economically viable, and we tend to forget that in days gone by cars were repaired, updated, modified and the like usually by the owner himself... interchangeable parts across models as upgrades etc.... All part of the history of the car....
Anyway, this quest of mine was purely for foreign registration purposes, and I think it'll all go through, so happy days! On the road soon enough doing what they were designed for.... being driven!
We live in a world of matching-numbers classics now, all tied in to silly asking prices, inflated auction estimates and the like... add to that the modern propensity to write-off a car rather than repair it, due to cost of electronics etc. not being economically viable, and we tend to forget that in days gone by cars were repaired, updated, modified and the like usually by the owner himself... interchangeable parts across models as upgrades etc.... All part of the history of the car....
Anyway, this quest of mine was purely for foreign registration purposes, and I think it'll all go through, so happy days! On the road soon enough doing what they were designed for.... being driven!