Quote Originally Posted by Absinth View Post
Agro,

for some the fun in doing a restoration is in the hunt for that elusive correct part, these guys are totally anal and want every part correct right down to date coding whether it is seen or not.

some want date correct for whatever can be seen. Moderately anal.

some are happy with period correct, as long as it looks original.

some are happy with just a nice looking car put together with whatever bit they can get.

I totally agree with Byrons take on a restoration.... but if you've got a pretty original survivor like his Premier the battle for all date correct parts is mostly won already.

For my van, as long as I can restore it with period correct parts and it all looks correct I'll be happy.

However..... I have a 1944 Ford GPW jeep that I have been collecting date correct parts for it over the last ten years... wwii jeeps went through army rebuild programs and all their parts got mixed up and changed around.... most of the parts are dated and Ford parts are F marked.

My jeep is an exceptionally good one with a virtually rust free chassis and body and is a rare matching numbers... Ford GPW's had the same number on the data plates, engine and chassis.

I am being totally anal over the restoration of my jeep but that is what is most enjoyable about it for me.... the thrill I got when I came across a Nos date correct fuel pump at the Toowoomba swap a couple of years ago for $150 is just the greatest feeling. I have every part for it now except a correctly dated front diff housing.
Ahhhh Jeep owners are the worst of the lot! They get extra excited over that F symbol even though they are just a Willys really! Actually saw a cool one in Denman today Absinth. Pretty sure it was a CJ2A (the one afetr the army one but sstill with the side valve motor and low bonnet). Had the body chromed and a V8 in it and the canvas cannopy on it. Pulling a trailer and heading down the highway. Sounded fat!
The other thing about Jeep owners is they spend a motza of time and moola on the bloody things and then go and try to make them climb vertical hill climbs to prove how good a 4WD they are(they are unreal too). I suppose you should use em for what they were meant for!