[Steve Shauger]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: firstgenaddict</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Among others my father's main collection has always been Flat head Fords, 1940 Coupes, Sedans, 1940 Woodie, 1941 3/4 ton Stakebed, 1941 P-up unrestored, 1941 121&quot; WB Firetruck 3500 mile unrestored.

One thing which stuck with me was that through out my early days of attending car shows (Late 70's) were the conversations between my Father and another flat head collector in particular named Benny Bootle, it was inevitable they would degrade to the two of them lamenting the fact that they &quot;restored so many cars which should have never been touched&quot;. Repeatedly hearing those stories coupled with my family's obsessive collecting of original Early American Antique furniture, Kitchen wares, and any other antique instilled an appreciation/respect for pieces retaining their original finishes. </div></div>


James we're on the same page. I too believe that many cars were restored because lack of status and recognition at shows. I took this excerpt from an article I had written:

&quot;Vintage Certification was created to provide status, recognition and provenance for unrestored vehicles. In fact these vehicles, like art are well preserved masterpieces. For many years in our hobby, status and recognition was almost exclusively provided to concours restored vehicles. The best restored cars were invited to the most prestigious shows and concours, and achieved awards, accolades and garnered the most attention. What was puzzling was the fact that in every other collector market unrestored examples are the most coveted. For example, paintings, coins, firearms, furniture, pottery etc.&quot;

Things have certainly changed but for years 60, 70, 80 and 90's many cars were unnecessarily restored. Now we have a new fad barn finds. That's a whole new segment of the hobby..... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]