Whatever language it's said in it's still what I thought when I saw it
On a more serious note, everyone has different opinions when it comes to preservation. A guy I once knew had an old Bentley, 1940's thing. He loved telling people it was "completely original" until I asked him if he'd ever fitted new tyres. He said "Of course!", So I pointed out that it wasn't actually completely original. It's almost impossible to restore something and have it anything but ' looking' original, and I love what Dan's done with his computerised C5, Chas with his Batmobile, the list goes on BECAUSE they've kept the vehicles on the road rather than being left to rot. On the other hand, with just how scarce parts are, especially ULA chips, it makes my blood boil when someone does something like that to them on the basis that it's just meant that two people who were desperate for ULA chips to keep their C5' s on the road now can't because he's wrecked them to pass his college course.
I do find it interesting that he said he spent £3000 on it... that certainly wasn't on the steel frame and paint, which leads me to assume that the two C5's he used were reasonably high priced and therefore in good condition. I'd offer him £100 to see if there were any salvageable parts, but other than that he might just as well have taken a blow torch to the pair of them for the use they are now.