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Question: The Correct Police Phenomenon
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Posted by David Kronwall on September 09, 2006 at 04:17:02 from (64.201.78.38):
I'd like to know your ideas and opinions about the "correct police." I used to work in the model railroad industry (yes, industry) and I think that world has a similar group we used to refer to as "rivet counters." These were the guys who would criticize a model box car because it wasn't exactly right, didn't have precisely the same number of bolt heads or some other fitting as the original. I assume with tractors, we're talking about the same approach, right? If that's true, I guess I feel this way. It takes all kinds of people to make the world lively and interesting, and that's the way it should be. I can appreciate that a person who KNOWS what the factory did originally thinks a restoration should reflect that as closely as possible. In a way that makes it more accurate, legitimate, real. But I also recognize the point of view that it's your tractor and should be what you want it to be--whether the facory made it exactly that way or not. I'm a bit in the middle. I think a vintage Farmall should be driven, not put in a glass case and just stared at, but it should be clean and run well and be painted so it looks shiny and red. As we used to say at the ag equipment shortliner company where I worked, "It's just iron, my friend." But the iron should be well-kept and maintained and a source of pride for the owner. If a bolt or wire or headlight or seat cover is different from the original, who cares? How important is that? The most meaningful thing to be about this world of vintage tractors is the PEOPLE you meet in it. Nice people--most of whom are glad to share their knowledge and experience and will help others, newbies like me, as much as they can. It's the tractors, especially the red tractors, those glorious machines, that bring us all together. As others have said many times on this forum, that's my $.02 worth. I'd like to know anyone's ideas on this "correct police" phenomenon. David
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