"PJ" wrote in message
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If you've replaced the handle and the head are you sure it's still the
same brush?

Oh dear!

I visited Aston Martin. A man once came to them with a log book and a
chassis plate for a 1961 DB5 convertible. He also sent a 2 foot x 2 foot
box of bits. He asked them fully to "renovate" his car. They did. They had
a casting made for the engine and all the parts made and put back together
again. Apart from the Speedo dial nothing in the box was used, and this was
only used as a nostalgic link to the original 1961 car. They put the
original chassis plate back on.

I looked this brand new car sitting there looking gorgeous, with a 1961
registration. I said to them "you have just made a new DB5". They said "we
have not". They said "if you come to us and ask for a new DB5 we will not
give you one as we no longer make that model". I said "every bit of that
car is brand new". They said "we do not make DB5's anymore", and quoted the
last chassis number of the line. They said that the car I was looking at is
a 1961 DB5, the chassis number says so.

The cost of this renovation? £250,000