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I agree with all you have said & certainly agree with the inclusion of hats of the pre-Hatco 1950's - 1960's.As the Lounge was founded on an interest of preserving the history and fashions of the Golden Era (~1920 - 1950), there is a heightened awareness among the Members who still embrace that for preservation.
Certainly, we expand that period in history. Plenty of folks here like to feature hats and styles that fall out of that range as the membership has morphed and grown. However, history preservation is a primary "mission" here.
Therefore, you're going to run into more folks that cringe at the idea of changing something classic - and made of Unobtanium - into something else, taking it away forever.
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I was not a founding member, but an early member of the National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS). It was founded for the preservation, restoration, & documentation to factory original condition of the 1953-1955 Chevrolet Corvette; shortly after the bylaws were adopted to cover the 1953-1962 Corvette (all straight axles). A minor brouhaha came when some yrs later when the bylaws were modified again to include the 1963-1967 Stingray era. But the biggest brouhaha came yet later with the inclusion of the 1968-1972 era. Still the Mission Statement was never compromised.