Bruce wrote:
>I believe that this is and will continue to be the case in our car
world and it will only really matter to the poor schmuck that lays out
the big bucks for the 'fake' car. I know I will continue to enjoy
watching it go sideways and hearing it's engine 'sing'.<
What great timing on this thread. I've been trying to document the
history on a car a friend of mine bought at a car auction in June. The
car was described as having vintage racing history in France and
Venezuela but the only "documentation" was a magazine article in Spanish
describing a wreck that killed the driver and his co-driver back in the
20's. I finally found someone in Venezuela that knew the car and knew
of it's history - it was built using "period" pieces in the late 1990's.
The period pieces being an engine, transmission, drive shaft, and rear
end - not necessarily from the same car and definitely not from the one
described in the article. I'm still waiting for the auction house to
tell me where they got their "racing history" information - so far
they've not answered my emails.
As Bruce said above - it'll go sideways and the engine will "sing" but
what does the owner do now?
He likes the car - it's beautiful - he bought it as much for its looks
as for what it was represented to be. The car will introduce him to
vintage racing (I guess you can race period correct replicas, can't
you?).
He doesn't want to go to court for something that might cost more than
it's worth - the money he spent wasn't outrageous (maybe twice what the
car is really worth). Or should he just bite the bullet and sue?
What would you do?
Gene Gillam
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