Originally Posted by
OldsCOOL
My 1898 didn’t get the upgrade until some 12-15 years later.
So with no Internet, did the nearby armchair purist pundit actually visit the owner's shop to heap scorn on him for not keeping it original, or did he just send an anonymous telegram?
Actually, it's kind of cool, seeing an over 100-year-old example of scratching the itch to modify, that we all know so well.