[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

But how they ask for money, and their desire to restore something lost are two different things. Even though they go hand in hand, the desire to bring something old back to life, and preserve it IMO is a good thing, regardless of what it is. Even though somethings might be mundane (say you're trying to restore a Roman village to preserve it for history), there's still a story to be told there. Don't confuse the money side of it with the actual project. You might not see anything heroic about the Vulcan, yet it was still a part of a history that will be lost to generations eventually. I've helped my dad restore countless old cars throughout the years, some were classics, some would make you scratch your head and say "Why THAT car?", but I found that even the crappiest car had a history that I learned to appreciate when restoring it. One I wouldn't have known otherwise, and learning about it, I shared it with freinds and people who were interested. (For example, ask most Americans about Austin Healeys, or original Austin-Minis, or Lancia Stratos and they know nothing, it wasn't an American car, or a famous brand/type, yet I learned how they worked and why they made their own niche working on some my Dad found.)

that's all very true, and I do my fair bit of car restoration too, but you're not going out asking for millions of pounds to restore it though, are you? It's a balance between costs and importance, and the Vulcan is not that important, period.