Re: [CR] restoration and originality - philosophical test

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:58:29 -0700
From: "Dale B. Phelps" <losgatos_dale@yahoo.com>
To: 'Mark Lawrence' <mark.lawrence@firstreadthis.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <msh1mail-cr@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <001e01ca0a18$39932d40$acb987c0$@com>
Subject: Re: [CR] restoration and originality - philosophical test


Mark Lawrence wrote:

I have an NOS Jack Taylor frame, that has never been painted. It was built in 1990, covered in a primer coat by the Taylors and then put into storage when the factory closed. It's now in my possession.   I'm having it painted. This may sound like a silly question, but I thought it would focus the philosophers. When I have it built up, should it be a 1990 bicycle?  Or a 2009 bicycle?

Doesn't matter. If you paint it it will no longer be "original" :-P

Dale Phelps
Montagna lunga Colorado USA