Re: How do you like yours/ painted or rusty


Brian Dominic wrote:
On 4 Jun 2006 01:28:17 -0700, "John" <johnmanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas.
Wiping their mouths, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid
the bill and wrote::


I think you're missing the point of concours restoration as do most
people.
The driving requirements of a concours restoration is not to improve
the machine/bike/car/etc but to restore it to a condition that the
manufacturer was trying to achieve.

I regret to say that most cars restored to concours condition go way
beyond this, with parts polished that were never polished and
paintwork finished to a much higher standard than on the production
line. The same goes for buses: chassis are painted black and engines
polished, when in service (or even on leaving the factory) the whole
kit & caboodle would have been sprayed with aluminium / silver paint.

However, whatever flies your kite................

Brian L Dominic

Brian, I agree that most concours restorations go way beyond the
original quality of finish. I actually said that they "restore it to a
condition that the manufacturer was trying to achieve" It's generally
accepted that (in most cases) the original production versions fell
quite a way short of this.
I suppose we should ask what level of finish we should restore to? As
the makers produced engines finished to a range of standards (probably
dependant upon who was weilding the paint brush and how close it was to
tea break), should we aim for the best, the worst or somewhere in the
middle?

John

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