03-11-2019, 01:19 PM
(02-11-2019, 11:34 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote:My woodie is taking time and effort to preserve the dissolved aluminium holes. And the retention of some of the woodworm is a bit worrying, but I'm determined to do it, with new wood spliced directly up to tatty stuff on the tailgate.(02-11-2019, 08:25 PM)Zetomagneto Wrote: I’m with Tony on this, I would be more concerned that it’s had a new body, that doesn’t make for “original” does it?Yes, the new body is a shame - and we will never know if the original could a) have been restored or b), was beyond restoration (i.e. rotten wood and a latticework of almost dissolved aluminium) or unnecessarily replaced so as to produce a pristine restoration. Imagine if such as car was found today complete and original but with its body, hood, sidescreens and trim on the cusp of rotting away. Surely the best approach would be to overhaul and keep absolutely original all the mechanical parts and get it running - but to somehow preserve or stabilise the rest, no matter how tatty it ended up looking.
But, as the FB thread shows, this car didn't have the benefit of a body to do that with.
Re Tony B's point: I guess it's like cars which get stored away, lost to all but their private guardians and the occasional outing. If there ARE only a few around, then they need to be out, (or at least seen, or well photo-documented), flag-waving for the marque as to how ground breaking they were at the time. If you have a '23 and make it more driveable, why not just buy a '24?