| Re: J-11 PRESENTED FALSE ?
Jim
I'm afraid you're in the minority on this one.
"J-11" and "J-12" are not replicas under most
accepted definitions. The verb replicate means to recreate.
And since those chassis were made at the same time as the
others, they're not recreated, like Shelby's famous "lost"
Cobra chassis. or the McCluskey coupes.
Bare in mind that Ford/GM/Chrysler all sold chassis-in-white to ANYONE with a checkbook that wanted
to race NASCAR, TRANS-AM, or NHRA. These chassis were completed into real period race-cars by chassis builders
who assigned their own numbers (NO VIN's were assigned
to chassis-in-white by the OEM). I hope you are not implying
that these racers constructed by a myriad of private
shops are not legitimate Vintage race cars.
The lack of an original OEM chassis plate, and the lack
of any race history of course affects the value of J11/J12.
But to me they are no different than the bare chassis
sold to privateers by the Big 3. So if they are finished
with correct parts...they should be allowed to participate
alongside those with a race history. Not all the chassis-in-
white made it to the race track....that doesn't mean they
aren't "real".
MikeD |