>From: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
>CC: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Philosophy
>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 19:02:01 -0800
>
>John Macartney wrote:
> >
> > For my money, the truly genuine car is the one that was
> > photographed at the start of its first event. From thereon, it tends
> > to become less and less its former self and even though it may survive
> > to this day in a similar and convincing form, it very probably isn't
> > what we'd all like to believe it is - namely 'the original'
> > It's a genuine replica.
>
>Jonmac :
>
>
>Frankly, I feel that some of the most interesting aspects of a restored
>racecar are the modifications that were made, and the way it looked when
>it was campaigned. While 'works' cars are certainly interesting, cars
>modified by private individuals are no less so. And in many cases, it's
>probably better not to ask just how much or little the company
>management knew about the actions of people like Kas Kastner and Ken
>Richardson.
>
>Randall
One of the first interviews I did for Victory Lane Magazine was the
current owner of one of the Francorchamps (Belgian) Racing team's 1960
Ferrari 250 SWB. The car was a steel bodied car. "Comptetizione" 250
SWB bodies were made of aluminum alloy. The owner claimed that from
the factory, the steel body car weighed some 70 lbs. less than its
competition sibling.
To add insult to injury, Francorchamps then went about recasting as
many alloy parts as they could in magnesium, which lightened the car
further.
I think "as raced" and all the battle scars should account for
something... To me that's the cars REAL pedigree. To stretch the point
a bit further, I have a picture at home of a mechanic cutting a
cooling louver in another Ferrari (I think for a particulary hot day
in California). I know the same was done to one or several Cobra
Daytona Coupes (I think in this case with a can opener) to provide the
drivers with some much needed ventilation in the cockpit... I wonder
if the present owners of these cars would have "kept" the car as raced
or taken it back to "Factory spec".
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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