At 08:39 AM 9/5/2003 -0400, Gene Gillam wrote:
>Myles H. Kitchen wrote in response to the question >"I guess you can race
>period correct replicas, can't you?":
> >The answer to that question is certianly, YES...some group, somewhere,
>somehow will let damn near anything run...but therein lies the
>issue. Those that have documented, AUTHENTIC cars may want to protect
>their exclusivity, if not their value and should take an active role in
>doing so....part of which may be restricting the venues where "replicas"
>can run.<
>
>
>Okay, now I'm confused. Maybe I'm missing the point here. Forget my
>friend with the Auction bought 'replica'. I'm presently
>restoring/building an MG TC from a basket of parts to get into vintage
>racing. When it goes on the track the first time it's not going to have
>any "provenance", "history", or anything else related to the sport of
>racing - however it's going to have just as much "excluvisity" and "value"
>as any other T-series car on the track. Will it be considered a
>"replica"? I shouldn't think so because how many T-Series cars were built
>as racecars? Answering my own question - not damn many.
>
>I guess what I need to know is what is meant by the term "replica"? I can
>see how it can be applied to a car "that never was". But reading Myles'
>response above it also sounds like it can be applied to a car that's
>original (more or less) but being introduced to racing for the first time
>without any history. If that's the case, how does a car become a "vintage
>racer"?
You have to look at what he owns. He wants the sanctioning organization to
protect the value and exclusivity of his documented, AUTHENTIC Lotus
Cortina with ID plate by excluding someone who has assembled a Cortina with
an identical specification out of parts. If a vintage racing organization
allows the assembled car on the grid then exclusivity and value of the
original is affected.
Steve Shipley
Seattle, WA
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