Thanks for the compliments guys, greatly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by jaynjeep
Todd...
No possible way this is just a facelift anymore!!
It is an awesome over the top restoration!! quit kidding yourself!
LOOKING AMAZING!! don't worry one second about the correct police! It's your tractor and should be how you want it  |
Appreciate the compliments Jay, but to me a "restoration" is as was from the factory, no wiggle room on the definition. That's every part, put back and detailed the way the machine left the factory the day it was born...
I know I don't have the means or desire to reproduce such a tractor so that's why I call it a "facelift" rather than a restoration that it's not
I used to hang around a guy who built cars for clients who were sticklers for originality, and saw what it took to build a 100 point "restoration". And after seeing the amount of work that goes into a vehicle to be consider a true restoration there's no way I can consider my stuff in that category.
If for the sake of this discussion I was to enter the Original in a garden tractor show and put it in the restored class. The judges would chew me up and spit me out
Because it's not correct. "restored"
Restoration refers to the process of restoring a tractor to its original condition. Neither updating nor modifying are considered part of the restoration process. A restored tractor is one that has had all of its systems and/or parts restored to original condition. Selectively restoring parts or systems is referred to as refurbishing. It does not qualify as restoration.
A tractor that has had its tin work restored to as new condition but has undergone some modifications elsewhere is either a modified or a resto-mod tractor, neither being completely restored nor completely modified. If a tractor has had an engine swap for other than the original model, that tractor has not been restored. Although most of the parts are original, it qualifies as modified rather than restored.
There are many aspects to the process of a tractor restoration. The goal is to return the tractor to its 'original' state
I never use the word restored or take it lightly.
But thanks for your vote of confidence, it is greatly appreciated.
