Rek
Well-Known Member
I am going to play devils advocate here - just spice things up, and I am not affiliated with the seller.
In the UK TV series Only Fools and Horses, one of the characters, Trigger, says that he has had the same broom for 20 years. He goes on to say that it has had 14 replacement heads and 17 replacement handles, but he maintains it is the same broom.
Well what if I bought my car but replaced the doors, most of the floor, the sills (rockers) seats, engine, gearbox/diff (soon), carpets, electrics et al then this is the same thing. When does it stop becoming my original car and I get accused of fraud when trying to sell it as an original car. There is no percentage rule on when it is no longer the same car.
Is a CSL worth so much more than a standard CS or CSi in real terms. Yes it is lighter and has more exotic material in it, but it probably has less than the standard car in the way of comfort. It is worth more because they are rare and limited. This rarity is measured by the fact that the owner has the VIN, Chassis number, and the V5 document to prove it.
So..........someone buys this package, comes up with the donor car, goes to the expense of making it pristine and everything apart from the matching engine number appears correct. It will not be cloned, and will be unique and obviously, rare. What is so wrong with this. There is little difference to finding an absolutely dreadful condition CSL and having to replace virtually everything.
My view is simple - the market is determining the price of these cars so if another one is brought back from the dead then so be it. I think perhaps that the seller is profiteering but so what. It is the market that allows this.
Ok, you can call my view radical, but lets float this view for discussion.
In the UK TV series Only Fools and Horses, one of the characters, Trigger, says that he has had the same broom for 20 years. He goes on to say that it has had 14 replacement heads and 17 replacement handles, but he maintains it is the same broom.
Well what if I bought my car but replaced the doors, most of the floor, the sills (rockers) seats, engine, gearbox/diff (soon), carpets, electrics et al then this is the same thing. When does it stop becoming my original car and I get accused of fraud when trying to sell it as an original car. There is no percentage rule on when it is no longer the same car.
Is a CSL worth so much more than a standard CS or CSi in real terms. Yes it is lighter and has more exotic material in it, but it probably has less than the standard car in the way of comfort. It is worth more because they are rare and limited. This rarity is measured by the fact that the owner has the VIN, Chassis number, and the V5 document to prove it.
So..........someone buys this package, comes up with the donor car, goes to the expense of making it pristine and everything apart from the matching engine number appears correct. It will not be cloned, and will be unique and obviously, rare. What is so wrong with this. There is little difference to finding an absolutely dreadful condition CSL and having to replace virtually everything.
My view is simple - the market is determining the price of these cars so if another one is brought back from the dead then so be it. I think perhaps that the seller is profiteering but so what. It is the market that allows this.
Ok, you can call my view radical, but lets float this view for discussion.
