30-03-2019, 09:04 AM
Maintenance books state check for wear and replace but many amateurs are uncertain of the limits. No decisions here.
A colleague recently restored a model A Ford. This degree of wear was evident throughout. It was characteristic of many older cars. Here used for decades on unsealed roads and the many latter owners skipped maintenance. The Sevens I scrapped or saw scrapped were certainly due for it. By contrast moderns go to the scrap pile incredibly unworn. Even the upholstery survives. Wandering around modern wrecking yards, the waste is quite dispiriting.
A colleague recently restored a model A Ford. This degree of wear was evident throughout. It was characteristic of many older cars. Here used for decades on unsealed roads and the many latter owners skipped maintenance. The Sevens I scrapped or saw scrapped were certainly due for it. By contrast moderns go to the scrap pile incredibly unworn. Even the upholstery survives. Wandering around modern wrecking yards, the waste is quite dispiriting.