Hi Steve,
Can't speak for the other clubs, but at CVAR you can build a street car into
a period vintage racing car, and no history is required. This eliminates the
need to make up a race history or punch out a chassis plate to go on a GT-350
made from a Mustang. You can do anything to it that was done in period
somewhere. The term "replica" in CVAR would only be applied to kit car-type
copies of
Porsche 550s, Corvette Grand Sports, Cobras, etc. We do not allow these
because they are never built to original spec (chassis tubes thicker,
suspension and
brakes upgraded, incorrect engines). Most clubs out there now do the same.
Harold Pace
CVAR
In a message dated 9/5/03 5:42:07 AM, anngene@bellsouth.net writes:
<< 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"?
Gene Gillam >>
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