"Restored as Unrestored"

[tom406]

I get it now, but it is a confusing terminology. At first I thought it had been restored to approximate a low mileage original with some sort of "patina" (I've heard of that being done as well). It would be useful if a term emerged to describe this type of restoration. Many owners of over-restored Corvettes would happily describe them as "correct" restorations. Correct if the assembly line were staffed by methodical 50 year old professionals using hand mixed German paints with an assembly line that moved along about 1 car per day..... (no slag there, that's how I like restored Corvettes-I couldn't bring myself to replicate crappy factory paint if I had a nice Vette tore down to that level!)