CLASSIC TAILS

IT’S A KIND OF CLASSIC CAR VANDALISM

I’d like to talk (or rant?) about car restoration this month, and how in my view it almost borders on vandalism. After all, if you see old pictures of furniture such as a vintage Chesterfield, do you see them restored to as-new condition? No. Does Shakespeare’s house look like the day it was built, every tile on the roof freshly minted? Of course not, and to do such a thing would cause an outcry because one you go down that road, what you have just restored isn’t old anymore.