[AT] Was Serious Restoration Now philosophy

[Dave Ernst]

Good point, Spencer.  What is serious restoration?  It took me two years to 
restore my 1917 Titan.  That was from the ground up. I had that thing in 
pieces.  Parts?  I made new tranny, axle and clutch bushings. I had all the 
original parts except the fuel pump. To me that is serious restoration.
Lets take it a step further. Is a tune-up, paint job, maybe new tires and 
sheetmetal repair serious restoration?
That Cat 30 I restored or maybe "put together" is a combination of the best 
parts of the original and a parts tractor. That took me the better part of 6 
months. Is time a factor or is "non original parts to that particular 
machine" a factor?
Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Was Serious Restoration Now philosophy


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> On 1/17/2005 at 9:01 PM Guy Fay wrote:
>>I know that the last time I posted one of these, that some of you
>>sniffed that casting new parts wasn't a REAL restoration. So you don't
>>have to click the links if you don't want to. Everybody else-Craig
>>Anderson's put up some pages about the restoration of a Mogul 45 that
>>came out of a river bank.
>>http://www.andersonofrosholt.com/17501.html
>>
>
> Guy's post begs the question:  "What has to be left of the original 
> tractor
> for the process of refurbishment to be called 'a restoration of an 
> original
> tractor?'"  If engine or frame is gone, is this no longer a restoration 
> but
> the manufacture of a replica?   Do you _have_ to use used parts?  If all
> that is left is the serial number tag, is that sufficient to call it a
> restoration of an original tractor?.
>
> In other words we all have included some used, some new and some
> Metal-shop/foundry/home made parts in a restoration.   Where is the line
> crossed from "a restoration of an original tractor" into "making a replica
> of an original tractor"?.
>
> I have wanted to start this discussion, and Guy's post gives me the 
> chance.
>
> Spencer Yost
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