The vehicles that receive the most attention are ones preserved and not restored. I see this all the time at car shows. I purchased a well preserved 46' 1.5 ton from our local village of about 2,000 people. The community loves the truck as is because they can connect with it. In a year I'll be done with a complete resto very close to stock. I'm already hearing comments on why I would fix it up. If I were to do it over I would have gone through everything mechanical but not fixed and painted all the sheet metal. Also about half the cost with truck that is closer to being true to it's real age and imparts a sense of days gone by to others. My two cents.