[Tigers] Original vs Restored.

[MWood24020 at aol.com]

A car can only be original once and, no doubt, there are those who place a  
premium on that fact. The degree of originality can be a driver for the 
decision  to restore (i.e. repainted or other makes it no longer truly 
original) or the  overall condition (as in, an original car with rust or other 
serious issues is  of little value for anything other than restoration).
Seems pretty simple: if you have a true survivor, best to keep it that way. 
 But, for most of the Tigers in the population, a thoughtful restoration 
will not  only make it more fun to drive (for those who don't enjoy just 
looking at their  cars...not that there's anything wrong with that), but also of 
greater monetary  value, if that is a consideration.
 
 
In a message dated 10/7/2012 10:51:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jay.laifman at gmail.com writes:

Classic  Motorsports has been running some articles about this very subject,
and in  particular about the Ford Mustang they are bringing back to life.
I'll see  if I can find some good quotes from it.

Jay


On Oct 7, 2012,  at 9:58 AM, rande wrote:

> This is less about Tigers and Alpines,  and more about the debate between
keeping
> our cars  original(unrestored) versus having them restored.
>
> In the  October 7 New York Times Auto section, a reporter  interviewed  
the
owner
> of the Simeone Foundation auto collection in  Philadelphia. Dr. Simeone's
raison
> d'etre is exhibiting only  unrestored cars. His specialty is racing sports
cars,
> and amongst  the exhibits is the only original Cobra Daytona coupe that
hasn't
>  been restored.
>
> The site for the article is  www.nytimes.com  and click on 'autos'.
>
> Also, if you are  going to be in Philadelphia tomorrow (Oct.8), the museum
will
> hold  an auction for cars not part of the museum collection as well  as
automobilia,
> conducted by Bonhams. Admission to both the auction  and the museum is the
$30
> catalogue, and that admits two  people.
> The museum site is www.simeonemuseum.org  and information  about the cars 
in
> the auction is at www.bonhams.com
>
>  Rande
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