RE: SER1 station wagon 107 on ebay

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I must say I tend to agree with Wayne, although I have
found the discussion quite interesting.

This battle between originality and modification seems
to crop up in every car club I have been a member of.
Really, there must literally be only a handful of
original cars left from the fifties. Any restored car
will have the following non-original things done to
it, by virtue of the fact that it has been changed
from when it left the factory. 

I tender my 80" as an example; when it is finished it
will have:
new paint; new tyres; fresh fluids; a plethora of
re-manufactured parts that in some cases are 50 years
younger than the chassis; new perspex; new hood and
bows; new metal all over a chassis that was ready to
be written off; a new wiring loom that isn't insulated
with rubber, new seats; new registration number, a
home made bumper (original-looking); and
horror-of-horrors, a galvanised chassis (I didn't want
to repair it twice). 

Does your car fit any of the above?

In my case I am proud of my achievements in restoring
a car, that I suspect many would have stripped for
parts. At least my car will be back on the road one
day.

To anyone who wants to modify; I say it is your car,
do what you like with it. Perhaps the rest of us could
respect their right to.

Charlie Myres

--- Tom Tollefson <tollefson@xxxxxxx.xx> wrote:

> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> [mailto:series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]On
> Behalf Of Sandra Smith
> Sent: November 13, 2005 2:16 PM
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: SER1 station wagon 107 on ebay
> 
> 
> Just a thought but aren't people being a bit harsh.
> Why is it that people in land rover series one
> circles seem to like to
> critisise what people have done to their land rover
> if it isnt original
> instead of congratulating them on what they have
> achieved..
> The series one club members seem to like to pull
> apart a restoration and
> point out all of the bad bits instead of
> congratulating a person on their
> rebuild which has probably been done to the best of
> their ability. We are
> not all master crafts men who can afford to throw
> lots of money at restoring
> a vehicle which to be honest is never worth the
> amount of money invested.
> How many people on this list have a land rover they
> have taken apart with
> good intentions of restoring and yet it is still in
> many pieces. Why not
> stop the nit picking and start praising someone for
> getting another series
> one back on the road.
> 
> One other thing, how do all the list members that
> are slating this land
> rover know that the seller is not a fellow list
> member?? You are slating the
> hard work that has been put in. I don't know who the
> person is selling this
> vehicle, but I do know I wouldn't like it if it was
> mine
> 
> wayne smith
> 



		
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