Your restoration Philosophy....

[Jim Burrill]

A follow up to a discussion among some collectors...

1) When you clean the rust off an original piece, do you fill the rust pits with , say, bondo?
2) do you leave the pits but put fresh paint over it? If so, why not make the metal look only six months old, instead of 60+?
3) WHen you do a display and tie equipment on, do you display your wartime items or do you refurbish the tins and crates with fresh paint and stencels?

I guess what I am getting at, is how many people take their vehicles and stowed gear back to " as issued a few months ago" verses a rolling display of " WW2 Militaria in the condition I found it"

DO you "stabilize" the vehicle so it doesn't deteriorate any further, or do you "renue" whatever parts are bad so that it is a runner?

If you can't get a rotor cap and condensor that is a direct replacement, if faced with it never running again, would you swap for modern parts? (ie. a electronic ignition hidden in an original distributor?