This one makes the most sense to me, admittedly a novice. Now I must ponder
the question"does the blower and pre-selector on my car L-0414 make it a
fake or a special?" Oh well.
Thanks, Tom Poole
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jarl or Carol de Boer" <Jarl@deboer.net>
To: <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: K3 Fakes etc
> How about:
>
> "K-1 racer, constructed and rebodied to resemble a K-3 point-tail" ?
>
> and never mind the "fakes" "replicas" or other semantic word-games? You'll
never
> create a body of rules on the subject that will satisfy even one third of
the MG
> enthusiasts involved, so why not fall back on an accurate description that
tells
> it like it is?
>
> Jarl de Boer
> ***************************
> TATERRY@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 1/5/02 23:56:29 Pacific Standard Time,
> > Clives_page@compuserve.com writes:
> >
> > << Enough said, Its not a big deal I guess, I just think we should all
be
> > aware
> > of the History of reality we are supposed to appreciate and help
maintain. >>
> >
> > I've stayed out of this one because I can appreciate the workmanship to
> > create the fake. I used "replica" but as I understand it, only the
factory
> > could have produced a replica as they did with the double 12.
> > I suppose a replica was created also when the factory produced a new
frame
> > for one of the real K3's.
> >
> > So what is the opinion of you all when some takes a say NA four seater
and
> > puts a two seater body on it? Is it then a fake....or removes the
factory
> > supplied body and puts on a pointed tail single seat body as many did in
the
> > 30's.......?? Does that mean that these cars are now fakes?
> >
> > In my on case, I bought a TA in 1986 sight unseen in New Orleans and
after
> > getting it out here to the coast found that it had a spriget engine in
> > it......the original having been scrapped many years before I bought it.
I
> > rationalize that what I have is part of my cars history, I wanted a
driver so
> > I kept the 1275........its a "special" I suppose.
> > Pip runs an extremely modified engine in his P type........does that
make it
> > a fake?
> >
> > I guess its to each their own.......I think the Register resolved this
by
> > saying if you have the original chassis, you have the car. If you don't
try
> > to pass off a K1 as a K3, you are not in violation.....now I understand
that
> > someone is producing chassis frames. In my mind that is where real
fakes
> > come to life.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Terry
> >
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