[ARC5] modified gear

[gordon white]

    Actually, while I appreciate totally un-modified equipment for 
historic value, and for installing in period aircraft, as long as there 
are enough pristine examples, I do not get exercised over properly-done 
modifications. This is analogousto the hot rod-restorer split among car 
guys. I guess I do get a little bilious over a '32 Ford painted in a 
hideous color with a Chevy in it, compared to a beautifully-restored 
original,  (I get more bilious over bad fiberglass copies) But many 
hot-rodded cars were rust-buckets that would have beenscrapped.

     I have a traditional-style 1967 30 ft sailboat that I like better 
than boatsthat look as though they are readyto take off from Cape 
Canaveral. I even more love character boats like my old 1928 Tancook 
Island schooner, but it was wood and eventually went the way of old wood -

     I was once captain of a foundation's 125 foot wooden Baltic trader 
schooner, but it, too, went the way of wood. The last owner had it sink 
under him, offshore. No one died, so I guess that was a poetic way for 
the ship to go -

- Gordon White