Have to agree that older LM's are seriously classy, I just love the big hunk of steel and no nonsense approach of simple engineering. I think most of the current LM's are real ugly. Yeah, maybe the tolerances are tighter, but that's because LM want to save money on better manufacturing productivity costs.
The old school tools have a certain charm that isn't replicated in their current range. And for the record - I hate the new charge scales.