The following are some common, and irritating, classic car clichés that are repeated by collector car luminaries over and over.
Clichés always have a ring of truth to them but there are some inconsistencies and contradictions in these five clichés.
1) It is original only once.
This is a truism but time takes it toll on all things and original cars eventually turn into original cars in bad condition. If they are properly cared for and stored properly they can remain in good condition for many many years. But eventually they will deteriorate to the point of well, bad condition.
2) Do not restore an original car - this always follows number 1.
At what point does this philosophy no longer make sense? The great paintings hanging in the museums of Europe are periodically restored as are the old buildings. If they are not then they would eventually fall into an unrecoverable state. The period between restorations may be a a long time but it is still done.
Cars also will reach a point where they will deteriorate to a point of non-functionality. Will this philosophy toward classic cars change then?
3) It is being driven and used like it was meant to be.
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