Steering COLUMN

by Michael Eckerson

▀ Restorations can take many shapes. When we take on automobile restorations, we are met with a myriad of choices, challenges and more than one chagrin. No one said it was easy. After all, these cars have many miles and many years on them. Much happens to them over the course of their lives. Without question, every one of them (even the exact same model) has had a different life than the one just in front of it on the assembly line. Depending on the car’s geographic location, factory build quality, materials and maintenance, each one of these unique yet ubiquitous automobiles offers the would-be restorer the special opportunity to resurrect a time machine.

Time… adds luster i guratively, as it takes luster away, literally.