On Fri, 25 Aug 1995, Simon Favre wrote:
> > From: "WADE WITMER, AIR-4.5.4 CSS, (703)604-3180 X2666"
> > <witmerwe.nimitz@NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL>
> > Subject: Replicas?
> >
> > Does SVRA recognize or have a class for people to use historic
> > replicars on track? I know that HSR does not, but unfortunately not
> > everybody can swing a half million dollars for an authentic '66 Shelby
> > Cobra.
>
> Many Vintage clubs will allow older sports cars that have no real
> racing history to run, but they do have to be "homologated" to run.
> This usually entails assigning a log book to it, having it inspected,
> and racing under a provisional approval for a couple of events. This
> allows one to get into Vintage racing fairly cheaply. Eligible
> Triumphs, Healys, MGs and even Alfas are not all that expensive. A
> decent Corvette is not that much even compared to a Cobra replica.
To Simon and all,
I'm sorry to take so long to respond to this post but I had to do
some thinking about the subject before I wrote...
What's the attitude on those replicas like the C type Jags, Ferrari
GTO SWBs and a certain Aston Martin DB4 Zagato that are constructions
based on actual cars and using factory components? The only difference
between the copy and the original is it's location of manufacture. I
don't want to get into a flame war or become the target for someone's
ire... I honestly want to know.
It seems to me, as a photographer and vintage racing enthusiast, that
seeing a carefully recreated replica of, say, that AM Zagato, is better
than not seeing any Zagato at all... If it looks like a cat, acts like
a cat sounds like a cat, why not let this creature play with all the
other kitties? I think the carefully done replica may have more
legitimacy to race than an old street sports car converted for
purposes of vintage racing.
Look out of the cockpit, folks. See all those people? They love old
cars too. Like me, they want to see it all... Triumphs, MGs, Ferraris,
Astons, Bugattits, Bentleys, the wild, the weird the wonderful.
Will they continue to come out if all you provide them is a racing
card of the mundane? I'm getting kinda tired of seeing so many
Porsches.
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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