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Originally Posted by NorCam
What about aged tires (as in original molded bias ply) and aged dated spark plug wires, and marked belts, hoses, etc etc. Should we all just get new looking parts and put them on our vintage cars? No, we want everything to look period correct, old and like it belongs to the 50 or 60 year old car that its being paired with. So why would anyone who spends thousands restoring a car with all kinds of dated, restored or NOS parts want to display a bright crispy piece of paper with the car they just poured themselves into?
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I don't follow this argument. Sounds like you're referring to a car 'restored' to look like a survivor. Most restorations end up with the car looking, well, restored - like it did when new. Same as you're doing with the X77 car, no?
And the issue of not wanting bright crispy paperwork, if someone feels the need to re-create something the car lacks, why try and disguise it by faking age? Said it before, you either have the original, or you don't.