Restored for me.

Lets not muck about when they were stamping Fords out of the mould, they didn't really care too much. hence why so many cars have teething problems in their first few years of ownership.

The person that improves but keeps to the original designers breif is what apeals to me. A car that's been sitting for 10 years in a barn is still going to need all the rubbers and fluids replaced. Whereas the car restored to "beyond factory" with poly bushes and all the modern fluids and PROPERLY waxoiled (unlike the factories) will last a damn site longer imo.

Having said that who really wants a pair of shoes that lasts forever?