Perhaps because of your predilection for Laycock d' Normanville rather than a Toyota 5-speed?
I have the former and also have positive ground, crank hole in the radiator, AM radio and (most of the year) skinny tires. I also don't care for Shakespeare done in modern settings (especially with the Nazis as the bad guys).
It's not that I'm a purist really, it's just how I like it.