Master Cylinder for 1929 A Brake Conversion

[MikeK]

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Originally Posted by Jordan

So because he's putting hydraulic brakes on it, it's no longer a restoration? That seems a little far. Very few people these days are restoring cars back exactly like they were coming off the assembly line. So if someone uses grade 8 body bolts...it's no longer a restoration? Or if someone adds an oil filter...no longer a restoration? I guess if someone uses Lucas tires...it's not a restoration because they aren't the original tread pattern. turn signals, seat belts, halogen bulbs, ect ect.

It is what it is. Do I have some of these mods on one of my own A's ? Yes. But that doesn't make that part a restoration. The vehicle has been modified by substitution.

A fine point car that scores 250 of 500 possible is still considered a restoration, albiet not perfect. If that car had juice brakes it wouldn't even be judged. That set of definitions would see it as a modified vehicle. If it were a substitution of lamps and a different generator, it would just loose points, and still be considered a resto.

So where do you personally draw that fine, fuzzy line? A little or a lot to the right or left of someone else's definition of resto, resto-mod, and modified vehicle? Some people consider the fine-point JS extreme, some think they don't go far enough! And then there's the MARC "Touring Class" which is a much looser set of definitions.

The fine point JS has their set of definitions
The MARC Touring Class has theirs
You have your set
I have mine.