Re: Re: TOC at the NEC

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@Quiet Mike wrote:

Which makes me think … is originality and patina appreciated in old Citroens? I had fun going around the NEC looking for cars in their original factory paint, they were few and far between! But surfing the web flags quite a few original looking old Citroens … 2CV AND H vans especially. In VW circles it is called the ‘Rat Look’ by some, but they also like to lower and modify them. I don’t call mine a ‘Rat’, it’s just original. I suppose others would liken it to ‘shabby chic’. Is it popular, or at least accepted, here as well?

I can understand different generations have different perceptions of it. Lots of ‘youngsters’ (or rather people who like to act like youngsters!) in the VW scene. To them a 1960 car is ancient. They might have a different perspective to someone born several decades earlier and can remember 1960, when the car was shiny and new!

Mine definitely tends towards the scruffier end of the spectrum. I don’t know what paint, if any, is original, but I do know that no two panels look the same 😀 Works for me, and I have no plans to change it.

Nice van, agreed it’s a shame how popularity can effectively kill a car for the budget enthusiast.