Posted by ScottyHOMEy on August 21, 2009 at 07:47:46 from (71.241.214.214):
In Reply to: difference posted by GYM on August 21, 2009 at 06:57:38:
Now there's a loaded quesation.
I would say level of detail, accuracy to the original.
There are purists of every level. Some, usually referred to as the correct police, can be a pain. They will wander all over a show and find somthing to tear down about every piece there. Interestingly, they rarely have any of their own work on display.
Now that I've got that out of my system . . .
There are things like hose clamps. If the tractor was built with castle or spring-wire clamps, use of the more common clamps with a worm screw drawing a threaded band would be a step back from restoration.
I saw a post this morning from someone looking for a source for the old dot-head bolts. Some folks would consider the presence of a graded bolt (indicated by the hashmarks on the head) to be a step back toward rebuilding instead of restoration.
Some will cut it so fine as to get down to the type paint. Modern acrylics would be taboo to that bunch.
Those restored by the purest of the purists will be run no more than it takes to load and unload them. Lord knows, if the rings ever get seated, it won't be the same as it came from the factory. That's a little overboard, in my view.
To be fair, the opposite extreme is what some call the "DuPont" or "rattlecan" restoration, which is to get it running and painted. That is a rebuild/overhaul, not a restoration.
And there's lots of room between the two extremes to draw the line between them.
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