Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Replica Cars

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

Interesting work but boy thats a lot of work to make something as a copy. I 
saw the price of 100k dollars which today in the UK would buy you a REAL Diablo 
(they are going for about 55,000 pounds......) Don't know how long ago this 
website was set up or how old it is but if just a few years its interesting 
that depreciation means you culd get the real thing now for the same money!

Still in general I wonder why people have such strong feelings about replica 
cars or kit cars yet as I said before they don't if its a boat or plane. Why 
is that? Have we all been so taken in by the car manufacturers that a "real" 
car has to come from one of the big manufacturers and that kits or home builts 
are inferior? And badge or no badge, if it looks like a Ferrari or Lambo does 
the addition of a badge make any difference either way?

Lastly how about those historic and valuable Ferraris, ect that are wrecked 
or burned to the ground and have to be completely rebuilt, restored. When the 
body parts are no longer available you can have entire new bodies made of 
handbeaten metal. Retrim it and even put in a new engine (or rebuilt one...). 
So, 
if all you have is a fire damaged chassie and your GTO is completely remade is 
it anything different from a kit car?? There are plenty of guys here in the UK 
that can build you anything in metal and copy any body possible (DK 
Engineering has made several GTOs off other ferrari models and you CANNOT tell 
the 
difference without checking chassie numbers and DK is known as one of the best 
ferrari restorers in the business) Autotechnique is another one (check the 
issue 
of Octane from just two months ago for their work). Are these cars really much 
different from a replica or kit car just because they have 1 original part 
like the frame or maybe a ferrari engine (which a kit car could have as well)

Just a few points, I am not defending either way but it is funny how a lot of 
cars have been restored and rebuilt after bad accidents and you wonder how 
much of the car still exists that left the factory originally. We have 
discussed 
this before but I do say the lines are bluring with many kit cars (I am not 
really talking about the Fiero based things but more the GT40s, Good Cobras 
(you can get a full metal cobra body now built in an old MIG fighter jet 
factory 
in Poland for £30k), the Chesil speedsters, ect.....

Sorry this is so long but it is better than discussing the postal system, 
right?? :)

Britt



> With all this talk of replica cars, I had to share with you guys the work 
> of a guy I met a while back.
>   
> http://www.lambobuilder.com/edb/
>   
> This guy's work is so good, his fit and finish are as good or better than 
> Lambo.
>   
> Thought you guys would enjoy seeing his work.
>   
> Tony
> 



BR in the UK
1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)