Why would anyone get involved?

The histories of all of the aircraft concerned are well known, and easily accessible. There are marque experts who can give chapter and verse.

It only becomes an issue if the aircraft is deliberately misrepresented, such as the case with the ‘Old number 1’ Bentley.

For a museum, it’s important to know the provenance of the artefact. For operators, it’s important to know that the aircraft is airworthy.

I’m sure the Bugatti Owners Club put forth similar arguments: it doesn’t change what has occurred, irrespective of anyone’s arguments.

I do wonder why some folks are getting a bit precious about this though: we’re not talking about any change in operations after all…