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Originally Posted by zeebo
i agree 100%. i cant stand the terms "clone, tribute, replica, dedication" types for these cars..it has cheapened the hobby and fooled many folks into buying a car that is misrepresented--especially when you cannot get PHS documents for. i think really it all comes down to $--people do it that cant afford a real one (not that i agree with the inflated prices of real ones) and clone their cars so they can command big money when it comes time to sell it. id rather have a ratty real GTO or SS chevelle than a mint clone. id be embarassed and have no street cred with my car buddies if i had a clone.[/QUO
So are all the people driving they're AC Cobra clones or 32 Ford clones,replicas,tributes embarassed and worried about street cred?I don't think so.I don't think it cheapens the hobby one bit.There is room in the car hobby for the purist and the hobbiest that like to make there car perform and look the way the want.If someone is going to spend big bucks on a car purchase do your homework.
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i dont have a beef so much with the ac cobras and the 32 fords as they are completely repopping the entire body/chassis now, so its almost like new production vehicles, and they are titled as such. those owners arent trying to make their vehicles into something that they are not. where i have the biggest beef is the cloning of musclecars--misrepresenting a lemans to be a ram air 4 judge, etc...its done for the money that can be made----and doing your homework sometimes doesnt even help. for instance, a little while back in hemmings motor news, a guy purchased a bogus LS6 chevelle, but only after finding out that the seller actually doctored the build sheet on the internet! he had purchased a restored LS5, doctored the paper work, then resold it for a huge profit. i believe the only way the buyer knew was someone at a car show pointed it out to him...its a scary world when there is a ton of $ to be made on cars with phony badges/stripes.