Re: What is an Antique?

[John]

– to stir the pot –

I personally prefer the word "vintage".
it does not nail down the age or years, but the time period of quality. (like Mumbles said).

"VINTAGE" Definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
vintage adjective (HIGH QUALITY) ​› of high quality and lasting value,
or showing the best and most typical characteristics of a particular type of thing,
especially from the past: a vintage plane, a vintage wine, a vintage car, a vintage outboard.
The main page slogan says: Dedicated to the Preservation and Restoration of Antique Outboards
What if it were to say: Dedicated to the Preservation and Restoration of Vintage, Classic and Antique Outboards
and just leave it at that – let the owner make his/her own decision of what their motor is.

if the term "antique" were applied to us humans per age group,
I (and a few others) would be considered "antiques" or "dinasaurs" LOL

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