As noted, Jaguar C & D Types are a different situation than Healeys, since
there is enough money in the classic racing Jags to support the growth of a
complete cottage industry making replacement parts. Such is the quality of
these
parts that it is possible to build an entire C or D type Jag from new parts
that is indistinguishable from an entirely original version. In order to
register
your C-Type or D-Type with their Registry, you must be able to prove a
completely unbroken chain of unchallenged ownership of that particular chassis
number from you back to the factory assembly line. If you can do that, you are
considered to own the "original" car. As the C/D Registrar puts it, an original
C-Type is a hole in space that has been continuously occupied by a car from
production to present, though none of the parts have to have been those that
were
on the car from new.
Incidentally, to measure the value of unbroken ownership, a registered D-Type
might sell today for over two million dollars, but one can build an exact
replica for around $175,000.
By contrast, with the Healey Concours Registry, what you establish is that
the car as presented for inspection is presently built to at least 85 percent
of
original specifications. Clearly, the more original pieces on the car, the
easier that is to do, but it would not be impossible to assemble a car from the
pieces of other cars plus modern reproductions that would meet those
standards.
As a separate thought, it would be interesting for the clubs to establish a
competition for original, unrestored cars --- as is now being done at Pebble
Beach -- to encourage people to preserve original cars rather than restoring
them, but up until now, no one has seemed to care enough to do that.
Cheers
Gary
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