Re: Question: The Correct Police Phenomenon

Posted by Andy Martin on September 09, 2006 at 05:06:46 from (216.150.108.53):

In Reply to: Question: The Correct Police Phenomenon posted by David Kronwall on September 09, 2006 at 04:17:02:

Take woodworking.

There are those who will not use power tools or modern glue, but they design their own furniture. There are even those who want to cut their trees and mill the lumber by hand. Then there are those who don't care about what tools are used, but build traditional furniture from a bygone era which is hard for experts to identify as reproductions.

Blacksmithing:

Some insist on only using coal forges to do their work, and hand punch or hand drill every hole. No power involved. They may or may not use traditional designs. Then there are those who use propane forges, air hammers, arc welding, etc. but only make traditional designs.

Cars:

Street rods, museum antiques, drivers.

Antique Tractors:

I find it extremely amusing that people will go far out to have all round dot bolt heads, then chrome plate parts of the tractor. They worry about what is "correct" until it comes to what they like. Thinge like 6v system with clear coat finish.

I have sympathy for those who want to show a "factory fresh" tractor, I'm just not one of them. Those who truly want factory fresh can really go all out with braided wire, etc. In a properly judged show a shiney pain job is as bad as cut-offs. (I don't mind cutoffs: they are traditional, just not factory).

I have no sympathy for pullers, who destroy old iron in a useless competetion.

Then there is the vast in-between. They want an old tractor to show or use. They need to know how to repair it. They would like it to look original. Unfortunately some people are in desperate need of reinforcement so they will try to do what others think is right. In this day and age it is senseless to run an expensive 6v system when 12v is available.

Bottom line, this is an open forum and all can contribute. We can all respect one another while not agreeing with their view. You will definitely not change another person's ideas and view. I despise cutting the hood to put on an alternator but it is no worse than the guy who put a flip up hood on his. Crying over mis-matched casting numbers is about as bad.

After all, it is just old iron.

Replies:

• Re: Question: The Correct Police Phenomenon alaskan 05:24:50 09/09/06 (1)
  • Re: Question: The Correct Police Phenomenon Andy Martin 05:44:08 09/09/06 (0)

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