Hank,
Apply that logic to all the good Shelby projects. Are there no "Real Cobras",
only re-bodied AC's? Are there no "Real GT350's", only "customized Mustangs".
Maybe so, in some "experts" minds. I do not think every automotive enthusiast
is an "expert" outside his major field of interest. I wouldn't ask a Corvette
specialist about Mustangs.
You may be impressed with someone "published" in "Moss Motoring", but Allan Moss
personally worked on my new MG-TD when he was runnig a two-man gargage off
Olympic with his young asssitant, Mike Goodman. Ken Miles and Phil Hill both
personally attended to my cars. Does that make those cars classics, per se.
Does that make me special? NO! Everybody starts somewhere, including car
designs, and there is no such thing as a new classic.
Not impressed with unknowledgeable "expert" opinion. Have had to deal with too
many of them, professionally, to be impressed with titles or reputations earned
elsewhere. Poinitng out that there are cars of uncertain classification does
not undermine the basic truth of the heredity of rest of the products, nor
invalidate the concept of "original". I will accept that the "factory
authorized conversions", as well as their "mules" needs further discussion.
There are plenty of examples of Mercedes, Jaguar, Ferrari, etc.for comparison.
Steve
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