07-01-2021, 10:17 AM
You've got hold of a can of worms there Edgar.
A lot of our traders, rightly or wrongly, make their bread & butter from 'conversions'.
And who among us can truly say they have not 'tweaked' our car(s) here and there?
In the internet age it seems we can all "do what we like" and what others get up to is none of our business.
But then take a look to the U.S. and see where that leads.
Those of us with an interest in conservation may look on in dismay, but where do you draw a line?
And who has a right to draw a line anyway?
Funnily enough I was reading a quite unrelated post on a quite unrelated site yesterday, but the tone was much the same.
It was imploring the site management to take a stand and at least discourage - or stop facilitating - irresponsible and potentially injurious behaviour by some of the membership. Understandably the management did not want to take sides.
One wonders though whether the clubs to which most of us belong have - or should have - policies with respect to the preservation of original vehicles or the butchery of same. And if they do, whether they perhaps need to get a bit tougher somehow?
A lot of our traders, rightly or wrongly, make their bread & butter from 'conversions'.
And who among us can truly say they have not 'tweaked' our car(s) here and there?
In the internet age it seems we can all "do what we like" and what others get up to is none of our business.
But then take a look to the U.S. and see where that leads.
Those of us with an interest in conservation may look on in dismay, but where do you draw a line?
And who has a right to draw a line anyway?
Funnily enough I was reading a quite unrelated post on a quite unrelated site yesterday, but the tone was much the same.
It was imploring the site management to take a stand and at least discourage - or stop facilitating - irresponsible and potentially injurious behaviour by some of the membership. Understandably the management did not want to take sides.
One wonders though whether the clubs to which most of us belong have - or should have - policies with respect to the preservation of original vehicles or the butchery of same. And if they do, whether they perhaps need to get a bit tougher somehow?