I think I would rather grow old disgracefully. Way way back in the eighties, there was an old guy with a V twin classic 3 wheeler.
He always showed up at classic car shows around Rotherham. His Morgan was a proper oily rag in every way. Everything was covered in oil, and I suspect it was totally original. He was leather clad, with wild hair and a straggly grey beard.
This was my time of obsessive polishing so I struggled to understand his mindset, but now I totally get it.
I hope his 3 wheeler stayed original, but I expect it eventually got rebuilt, and lost that PATINA.
