Morning
What's the accepted view with regards to odometer readings following a complete nut and bolt restoration? Pick up the mileage where it left off, or reset to zero to reflect the fact that the car has effectively started its life again?
I should perhaps add that this is for a matching numbers car.
Cheers!
Simon
Odometer Etiquette
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MarkE
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Not sure what any accepted view is Simon but I leave mine where they are...seems part of the history somehow!
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That's kind of my view too. And I guess that no matter how extensive the restoration, the engine block itself will have always been through a cycle corresponding to the original mileage, so it seems only fair to leave the odometer 'as is' to reflect that.
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It's like the data plate. If I were ever lucky to have a totally new shell car and a gazillion-pound resto, I would still put the old data plate on it rather than a new one. To me it's part of the soul of the car and if you don't even have that link to the history then it takes something away from the experience.
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+1PeterCrespin wrote:It's like the data plate. If I were ever lucky to have a totally new shell car and a gazillion-pound resto, I would still put the old data plate on it rather than a new one. To me it's part of the soul of the car and if you don't even have that link to the history then it takes something away from the experience.
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Simon
I'm 99% with the general view of keeping the original mileage.
However, food for thought, Chris Rooke who has recently documented his wonderful nut & bolt restoration (originally in the E-type club magazine) with a book called "Kind of Loving" reset his to Zero!
John H.
I'm 99% with the general view of keeping the original mileage.
However, food for thought, Chris Rooke who has recently documented his wonderful nut & bolt restoration (originally in the E-type club magazine) with a book called "Kind of Loving" reset his to Zero!
John H.
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Indeed - and it was Chris Rooke's book that was partially resposible for raising the question in my mind, especially when he describes the satisfaction of obtaining the car's first MOT certificate, with a recorded mileage of '1'!GSR 54D wrote:Simon
I'm 99% with the general view of keeping the original mileage.
However, food for thought, Chris Rooke who has recently documented his wonderful nut & bolt restoration (originally in the E-type club magazine) with a book called "Kind of Loving" reset his to Zero!
John H.
However, Chris, I think, built his car around a new (replacement) bodyshell, so it maybe makes more sense with his car as the mileages of the body and the engine were effectively out of 'sync' anyway.
On balance, I think if it's a matching numbers car, it makes sense to respect the car's history by maintaining the recorded mileage.
Simon
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