When is it not "Original" ?

[Rat_Pack]

I agree with Brian, what was already done by a previous owner in most terms is restored. Now the part on the fender was it repainted body color or black as most people do in a hurry? If it is painted black then more than likely you can take some 0000 bronze wool and mineral spirits or a fast evaporating lacquer thinner and remove it down to the original color and then polish it back up. If that area is body color then I would probably leave it alone. These areas can never really be called original again but if you tell people up front what has been done then they are more likely to accept it.

That is what a guy on this board did this summer when showing me his car and it did not mean a hill of beans to me that it had been done. Most of the car was still original..........RatPack..............