I understand why you are doing it.
It's the same reason we all like vintage rockets, motors, and accessories.
The same reason I watch Emergency! reruns. (Well, ok...modern fire dept shows really suck.)
The same reason I find and refurbish vintage scanners and sirens.
The same reason a 71 Hemi Cuda sold for nearly 2 million dollars a couple years ago when a modern Hellcat or Demon would chew it up and spit it out while getting twice the gas mileage and the clock would be guaranteed to work.
It's something that ties us to a time and place in life that we can never get back, but we enjoy the memories.

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I love sanding.