Preservation versus Restoration

[Ed Storey]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

I am slightly guilty of that reaction whenever I see restored wartime Jeeps with a length of manilla rope around the bumper. One B&W photo of one vehicle in one unit doesn't make something universal.

Yeah, finding period photographs of Canadian Jeeps, of any era, with manilla rope around the bumper are a challenge to locate. Hats off to anyone who can display their vehicle with all of the EIS, but I can understand just how difficult and expensive it is to find all of the various items. Even keeping track of that stuff when they were in military service was almost a full time job.

[Robin Craig]

This subject makes me spin and then vibrate ......

[Ed Williamson]

In many years of Service and collecting and fixing I have found many things on Military vehicles that were not so called STOCK but were period correct MODS that were done in the field to make the unit more useful or fix an issue that popped up. ( Wire cutter on Jeeps or Hedgerow penitraters on Tanks for Eg.)Sometimes correct parts were not avail. so something was fabbed up or made to fit. I am more than happy to leave these as is when using or showing the unit. Just my opinion and worth just what you paid for it.

[Ed Storey]

Originally Posted by Ed Williamson

In many years of Service and collecting and fixing I have found many things on Military vehicles that were not so called STOCK but were period correct MODS that were done in the field to make the unit more useful or fix an issue that popped up. ( Wire cutter on Jeeps or Hedgerow penitraters on Tanks for Eg.)Sometimes correct parts were not avail. so something was fabbed up or made to fit. I am more than happy to leave these as is when using or showing the unit. Just my opinion and worth just what you paid for it.

Modifications are nice, but I have found that documentation or photographs are the key to substantuating claims concerning what was or was not modified on a vehicle.