Are fakes encouraged on this board?

We shouldn't encourage fakes . A fakes is were you try to past it of as the real thing. For the money.
Shelby knockoffs are fine in my book not so many of us can go out and buy a real one now, beside only so many real one to go around.

 

Okay I get why now.

 

I don't think anyone with a real Shelby would encourage anyone to build a fake.

In my opinion it devalues two cars. The people who use the excuse that the originals are too valuable, usually have more into their clones than some original owners have into their cars.

You can do what you like, but I don't think anyone is "encouraging" it.

A little less whinning and a little more effort will get you what you want. Too many people think they are entitled to something and don't have to work for it.

 

I think a distinction can be made between FAKES (someone claim something is real when it is not) and REPLICAS (someone reproducing a work and claiming it as such). IMHO, it's perfectly acceptable to attempt the latter.

(Do I smell gas fumes?)

 

quorum,

Personally, I don't believe anyone has the right to call someone names over a disagreement. I can't say that I'm shocked as that sort of thing happens on the internet all too often. Let us all keep it civil.

As for fakes, it is your car, you can do what you want with it. That being said, I certainly don't encourage it. Just don't pass it off as the real deal.

 

I can remember when I was younger putting the 5.0 badges on my 4 cylinder mustang because everyone had GT's and I couldn't afford one.

And to beat it all I even fliped the air cleaner lid (metal upside down to make the car sound louder...lol

Until some guy pulled up in a GT and asked to race.

I mean any idiot that knew anything about mustangs new mine was bullshite. So if you don't have a real one I would encourage you to do what you can until you can get a real one.

Everything else is bullshite and most people will see it that way. If not then they are probably just stupid and you should try and sell it as a real one see if they buy it. lol

Dan

 

I own a real 1967 gt500 and i have no problem whatsoever with replicas as long as people dont try to pass them off as the real thing..anyways i can spot 99%of the non authentic 67s anyway (literally)..heres the sure tipoff:who do you know who would put a $5000 steering wheel($2500 if repro.)on a fake????almost never happens.so if the wheel is a grant gt.....Also almost none of them have a correct roll bar and shoulder harnesses(also expensive)It is very easy for someone to tell someone if they work hard enough they can get a real one....yeah right...100k doesnt grow on trees ,especially in this economy...As a practical matter even here in Los Angeles the birthplace of the early shelby cars you almost never see one on the street anyway(real or fake)...Imitation is the most sincere sense of flattery anyways.so............my 2 cents.Trent