Re: '66 427 Biscayne - Don Breen
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: novadude</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tarrytown SS427s</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> It doesn't encourage anything good for the hobby, where the sea of cars with fake tags keeps getting bigger and bigger. Just my opinion. </div></div>
I would agree with this. I love clones. Nothing at all wrong with building a super sport or whatever out of a base model. However, I think a line is crossed when the tags get changed. While the original builder / owner may never represent the car as something it is not, who know what kind of fraud will occur 20 years from now when the car changes hands a few times.
Clone away, but leave the cowl tag as delivered by GM. JMO.
Beautiful car, by the way. You did an amazing job on it! </div></div>
X2 -- some of us cannot afford the "real thing" and build a clone/tribute type vehicle ... the line is crossed when it is passed off as the "real deal" to an unsuspecting buyer. TAZ</div></div>
This is an interesting thread...I agree 100% with TAZ's comment above. I suppose that cloning is a form of flattery in one respect. However, the downstream effect for some quote: 'unsuspecting buyer' isn't going to be pretty.
For those of us that do have an original 1966 L72 Biscayne (or other rare vehicle), I can only hope that when the time comes for me to sell my car it is appreciated for what it really is. Time will tell....
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