Is there any feasibility for the preserved driving cars to have their original front ends restored?
I know this may not be the most ethical thing to post but I found images from a 365 (531) involved in a collision in 2004 (easily found from a Google search) which have the air con modified smiley front partly destroyed from one half of the leading carriage revealing the original networker cab front behind the modified front.
I don't know much about engineering but it looks to me the modified cab front was fitted directly in front of the original cab. The yellow front end is still clearly visible once revealed.
It seems the modified light clusters are fed through an adapter into the original sockets for the networker style light clusters.
If there are spare parts for original networker lights, which is likely given how they are basic BR era light clusters shared by many units, how feasible would it to convert a cab front to its original state, even if its only one just to show the history of the unit?