Vintageness ( was Re: Serious Request For Moderation (On Topic) and IMSAIs........

From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_smart.net>
Date: Tue May 8 22:50:23 2001

On Tue, 8 May 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> No, I don't feel that they are. I would still call them
> reproductions. The time-frame has as much to do with it as any other
> aspect. Your part might be perfect in every detail, but it wasn't
> manufactured in the same time period as the original. Plus in the
> example stated above, it isn't even the same manufacturer. Is a
> Mark-8, assmembled from era-parts 30 years after the builder's
> article still an original Mark-8?

Hmmm... As long as they're useful, does the aforementioned matter?

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