The problem with this topic is that by now our MMM cars have been repaired,
bombed, patched-up, rebuilt and restored several times. When they were in
daily use all sorts of things would have been done to keep them going with
little concern for originality. Race cars like the K3s were modified from
the start to stay competitive. Now most cars being restored have to be
reconstructed to such a great degree they are basically all replicas of what
they were. All new parts we rely on are reproductions because there are no
supplies of NOS parts. For this reason I find the whole subject of replicas
fakes and original cars annoying and moot.
So the K3 in question... isn't. I guess I don't have a problem with that. It
may, in fact, contain as many original elements as an accepted car. I'm not
sure which car a buyer should be most concerned about? I know I'd love look
out and see that awful, fake K3 leaking oil on my drive.
I don't believe I've ever seen a MMM car in "original" condition so they
must be pretty rare. The guys I know all start out with a pile of parts or
worse. Half of my parts weren't parts...they were patterns. If we want to
grow as a group and see cars added to the MMM fold, we need to be careful
how we handle and label what other owners choose to do with their own cars.
John Morris
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