Why the obsession with originality of classics?

[Jukebag]

It seems, at least more today with the boom in classics and sky rocketing values, that some owners of classics are a tad over the top when it comes to wanting their car as original and perfect as possible to when it came off the production line. Owners of E Types are an example who seem to want everything "just right", even to extremes of spotting or criticising very minor and trivial details, ie rubbers around the chrome pillars of the windscreen, the wrong type of rubber around the gearstick, non period glass for the head lights, and so on. Are these people really bothered about driving these lovely cars and enjoying them, or is it just about keeping them as perfect and original as possible in order to safeguard future investment?. Maybe it's because they are silly enough to fork out £250,000 on a restored car.

Whenever there's a new E Type made, they go mental noticing the errors in certain areas, details which he average owner would never notice.

Edited by Jukebag on Tuesday 23 May 15:26