Restoring Old Vehicles

[slooroo]

I admittedly know little about cars and motorcycles but watching them be redone is amazing. For example this beautiful piece of British engineering



I absolutely love seeing these older pieces of art and engineering brought back to life over carelessly being trashed and people buying something else.

[Kyng]

Yeah, it's lovely to see old vehicles being restored - not just cars and bikes, but also buses and trains .

One example that amazes me is No. 34046 Braunton:



From a rusting hulk to a working steam locomotive... that must have taken an immense amount of time, money, and dedication. But I'm glad there was a team of devoted volunteers who were able to provide all three !

[slooroo]

Yeah, it's lovely to see old vehicles being restored - not just cars and bikes, but also buses and trains .

One example that amazes me is No. 34046 Braunton:



From a rusting hulk to a working steam locomotive... that must have taken an immense amount of time, money, and dedication. But I'm glad there was a team of devoted volunteers who were able to provide all three !

Amazing restoration but I'd be scared to see the money and time involved!

[Kyng]

Yeah, it's lovely to see old vehicles being restored - not just cars and bikes, but also buses and trains .

One example that amazes me is No. 34046 Braunton:



From a rusting hulk to a working steam locomotive... that must have taken an immense amount of time, money, and dedication. But I'm glad there was a team of devoted volunteers who were able to provide all three !

Amazing restoration but I'd be scared to see the money and time involved!

Same here.

I looked it up, and I was able to find out that it was an 11-year project (from 1996 to 2007). I couldn't find out how much it cost, but it would almost certainly have been a six-figure sum - if not a seven-figure sum.

Part of the issue with this locomotive was that, due to its poor condition, it wasn't seen as a priority for restoration. So, many of its useful parts got taken for other restoration projects (and then, when this locomotive finally *was* restored, a lot of new parts had to be made from scratch!)

Still, I'm thankful that some people are willing to put up those crazy amounts of time and money - so that these magnificent machines can be enjoyed by future generations .

[slooroo]

I watched this one today and loved it because Vespas are really cool but they were more a European thing than an American one. It'd be cool to own one though.