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Talked him out of restoring it. Just doing a good cleaning, fixing and replacing missing parts. Trying to preserve what is there. It can only be original once. No matter how much you try you can't ever put it back.

This is so true! I don't see rust, so no reason for paint.

If you look at a fire truck pump that Nick posted about: a "tatty" original paint one sold for $1000, while a resto sold for $300.