Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardNew
I think we need to separate the terms restoration and conservation. They're really two very different things.
Conservation is an effort to retain the history of the car. It's process whereby the car is cleaned and stabilized to ensure it's survival without removing the history of the car. Any conservation effort should retain the history of the object.
Restoration is the opposite of conservation. The original manufacturer's work is destroyed. It can be replaced by something very similar but it's still not the same as being original.
Otter74 hit on it with the term archival. Librarians and art collectors are into this big time. I had to learn the difference between a librarian and and archivist a few years back. They're very different things as Otter74 knows.
Richard Newton
|
When bringing new life to an old car you always conserve
and restore. How far you want to take it depends on how much time and or patience you have, forget the money for now.
You can ALWAYS do a panel or part just a little better with more time no matter how well it turns out. This idea of when you're really done always hangs in my head when working. It can really be unhealthy.
Generally speaking, I've sort of 'hated' every car I've restored for about 6 months after i've 'finished' even as friends ooh'd and ahh'd the work. Little flaws in the paint upset me to no end and there are always tiny flaws. It's just a matter of: How close do you want to look? With every project you get a little better but your expectations also go up.
So you're never going to be satisfied.