Recently I viewed a thread which spoke of the "new" Kenny Thompson MKIV cars (7 of them I think) which were built and sold. Not sure all of them have been sold but I read they were being offered at around $750K. So after many years of owning my lowly CAV car (in comparison) which I bought for a comparative pittance I now know that any one of us (!) can buy a complete, drop dead, screw head accurate version of any one of the GT40 cars made. (unsure of the MKIII?)
GELSCOE can produce a perfect MK I car for about $4-600K
HOLMAN MOODY can produce a perfect MKII car for about $5-600K
KENNY THOMPSON has produced a perfect MKIV car for $750K
This begs the question (IMHO) if an original is worth between $2-12 million (for 1075 I'd think) and one can buy a very good and some might argue a great MKI and MK II from a number of sources for no more then say $150K then why would one pay between 4-800K for, dare I say, a replica?
Now don't get me wrong, if I win the lotto I WILL BE BUYING AN ORIGINAL GT40 and I'd be quite happy to buy any one of the above cars but the only thing that keeps going through my mind is this........and this happens at every car show I attend with my CAV.......people ask me is that a real /original GT40? Of course many of us know we're dealing with people who aren't totally familar with these cars when they ask this question because many of our cars are LH drive and have other clear signs they are not an original but if I spent between 4-800K for a car I'd at least want to say...Yes, Yes it is an original.
I guess the question I'm asking is why would a person spend that kind of money for a copy? I don't mean to offend anyone but if you have a brush stroke perfect copy of the Mona Lisa its still only a copy and not the original.
I know some of you will answer the question with......because they can! OK fair enough but still one has to admit its a huge amount to pay for a replica. Not sure I'd spend that but who knows.
Is there really 3-600K difference between a CAV, SPF, RCR, ERA etc and one of the above?
GELSCOE can produce a perfect MK I car for about $4-600K
HOLMAN MOODY can produce a perfect MKII car for about $5-600K
KENNY THOMPSON has produced a perfect MKIV car for $750K
This begs the question (IMHO) if an original is worth between $2-12 million (for 1075 I'd think) and one can buy a very good and some might argue a great MKI and MK II from a number of sources for no more then say $150K then why would one pay between 4-800K for, dare I say, a replica?
Now don't get me wrong, if I win the lotto I WILL BE BUYING AN ORIGINAL GT40 and I'd be quite happy to buy any one of the above cars but the only thing that keeps going through my mind is this........and this happens at every car show I attend with my CAV.......people ask me is that a real /original GT40? Of course many of us know we're dealing with people who aren't totally familar with these cars when they ask this question because many of our cars are LH drive and have other clear signs they are not an original but if I spent between 4-800K for a car I'd at least want to say...Yes, Yes it is an original.
I guess the question I'm asking is why would a person spend that kind of money for a copy? I don't mean to offend anyone but if you have a brush stroke perfect copy of the Mona Lisa its still only a copy and not the original.
I know some of you will answer the question with......because they can! OK fair enough but still one has to admit its a huge amount to pay for a replica. Not sure I'd spend that but who knows.
Is there really 3-600K difference between a CAV, SPF, RCR, ERA etc and one of the above?