Preservation versus Restoration

[Ed Storey]

I agree, that I am let down by spurious paint jobs, fictitious markings and loads of unrelated junk hanging or tied to restored vehicles with the owner telling an uninformed public how authentic the vehicle is. It has taken me 40 years, but I have finally been able to just let it go as the vehicles are not mine and the owner can do what he likes.

Sadly museums, who should know better, are some of the worst offenders when it comes to making up markings and camouflage paint jobs to suit their agendas or the whims of their staff. I firmly believe it is their hap-hazard approach to preserving military vehicles that prompts the collector to adapt the same restoration principles.

I will grab my helmet as well and await the incoming.