At 05:27 PM 11/17/06 -0800, TONY BOHORQUEZ wrote:
>The original could take a light " touch -up" paint , by professional
>heands, just to clean up some of the nasty scratches that rigth now
>are giving easy access to rust .
I have a question for those on the list who know about such things. Does such touching up of paint chips and scratches diminish the value of rare old bike with original paint? For some reason I thought it would because of the many pictures I've seen of these bikes with obvious scratches that make them look almost junky, when they could look so much better. I know the original owners would have touched up these chips and I don't think it devalues these machines sixty years hence.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada