Favourite preservation cars

[chrisw1991]

Recently I have really got into preservation cars. Cars which have not been restored but preserved and used in the state they were found or have been in constant use. I think they have far more character than a fully restored example.

What are your favourite examples, this doesn't mean 'rat look'.

Here's a photo of a beautiful Aston I stumbled across the other day if any one has any information on it that would be great -

[Passeyfier]

Appears to be a DB2.

It is interesting to see how normally gleaming restoration builds look in a more "original" condition.

[northwest monkey]

I don't get it.

I understand patina etc, but that looks terrible to me. It's not like it's "factory fresh - as new" or even in "good original condition".

It's "needs work".

I bought an oak cabinet last year off Ebay. It's a solid piece of furniture from I'd say the 1920s. Even the internal drawers are oak with dovetail joints etc. However, it had been in a potting shed for the last 40 years & had been painted black. Should I have kept it like this, or stripped it down & cleaned it up?

[uuf361]

I think that looks awful and needs restoring....Sorry!

[chrisw1991]

northwest monkey said:

I don't get it.

I understand patina etc, but that looks terrible to me. It's not like it's "factory fresh - as new" or even in "good original condition".

It's "needs work".

I bought an oak cabinet last year off Ebay. It's a solid piece of furniture from I'd say the 1920s. Even the internal drawers are oak with dovetail joints etc. However, it had been in a potting shed for the last 40 years & had been painted black. Should I have kept it like this, or stripped it down & cleaned it up?

uuf361 said:

I think that looks awful and needs restoring....Sorry!

I completely understand why people think that, it's a lot like marmite. I personally love the look I think it shows the history of the car.

[SV8Predator]

chrisw1991 said:

preservation cars. Cars which have not been restored but preserved and used in the state they were found or have been in constant use.

Please show us an example of your above definition.

The Aston certainly is not one because I do not believe for one minute that that car is "in use".

chrisw1991 said:

I personally love the look I think it shows the history of the car.

In the case of the Aston, neglected.

[longshot]

I think the AM looks marvelous.
If it was a MK3 Cortina in the same condition, would I feel the same? Unlikely.

[LukeSi]

SV8Predator said:

chrisw1991 said:

preservation cars. Cars which have not been restored but preserved and used in the state they were found or have been in constant use.

Please show us an example of your above definition.

The Aston certainly is not one because I do not believe for one minute that that car is "in use".

chrisw1991 said:

I personally love the look I think it shows the history of the car.

In the case of the Aston, neglected.

The Tax disc valid until August says otherwise.

[tinkertaylor]

Pedantic maybe, but if a car was a 'preservation' car surely it would have been 'preserved' - which means it should be in decent condition and not rusting away?

[chrisw1991]

Im surprised by some of these comments (knowing this site I probably shouldn't be )

I have found a bit more about the Aston Martin DB2, the car is taxed, MOT'd and is used. The car was the winner of the 1953 RAC rally other than that I don't know anymore.

Won't let me upload the pic but here it is in the car park of a recent classic car show.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scansfield/9111055888...

[longshot]

It reminds me of this...



It is a very valuable Maybach that was converted into a truck after the war at a time when no one had use for a limo.
It was given to the museum on the understanding that it as left as it was.

It's interest is in what has happened to it. It's life story if you will.

[taters]

tinkertaylor said:

Pedantic maybe, but if a car was a 'preservation' car surely it would have been 'preserved' - which means it should be in decent condition and not rusting away?

He means preserved in the state the were 'discovered'

[Papa Hotel]

I don't know what to make of that Aston. Part of me loves it, part of me wishes someone would get busy restoring it before the rust takes much more of a hold. It will fall to bits if it doesn't get some work done soon and that'd be a shame no matter how weirdly cool it looks now.

[samuelellis]

Do you mean something like this

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/fast-n-loud/vide...

Keeping the patina of a car that has built up over the years

[chrisw1991]

longshot said:

It reminds me of this...



It is a very valuable Maybach that was converted into a truck after the war at a time when no one had use for a limo.
It was given to the museum on the understanding that it as left as it was.

It's interest is in what has happened to it. It's life story if you will.

That's fantastic!

Here's another that I love, Peugeot 402 I believe.

[crostonian]

This Ferrari has been featured on several threads before;

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=117...

[chrisw1991]

crostonian said:

This Ferrari has been featured on several threads before;

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=117...

That's exactly the sort of thing i'm talking about. If that was parked next to a fully restored model in a show I would be drawn to the one with warts and all every time, I know I might be in the minority in that thinking.

[J4CKO]

I quite like seeing cars that have lived, there are plenty of restored cars, so many are over restored as well, classics with modern paint tend to look a bit too shiny. I have seen a couple of unrestored cars at shows, an Austin Seven stands out, looking the same I expect as it did in say the fifties, with some blankets on the seats and a few other heath robinson modifications, there was some history to it, it told a bit of a story so I think there is a place for all different approaches and a car doesnt have to be better than new, or even clean, especially if valuable, I love the Heirloom thing with old Bentleys and stuff like that.

[300bhp/ton]

northwest monkey said:

I don't get it.

I understand patina etc, but that looks terrible to me. It's not like it's "factory fresh - as new" or even in "good original condition".

It's "needs work".

I bought an oak cabinet last year off Ebay. It's a solid piece of furniture from I'd say the 1920s. Even the internal drawers are oak with dovetail joints etc. However, it had been in a potting shed for the last 40 years & had been painted black. Should I have kept it like this, or stripped it down & cleaned it up?

Very big +1

[JDMDrifter]

crostonian said:

This Ferrari has been featured on several threads before;

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=117...

Remember seeing this blasting away from silverstone a few years ago with 4 up. It looked amazing !