Re: Value of a (real) Lotus 7? <0694433D3A80A028*/c=US/admd=ATTmail/prmd=Transam/o=tfs/s=Vincenti/g=Ross/@MHS>

[Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>]

>>>"Vincenti, Ross" said:
 > There is a 1971(?) Lotus 7 for sale ... Not a Caterham copy 
 > (which by themselves are damn nice toys, too) 

My understanding was that Caterham's are just as "real" as the original 
Lotus-badged cars, since Caterham bought the license to build them and most of 
the tooling from Lotus; some of Caterhams workers are even ex-Lotus.

OF course, to some collectors a "Lotus" 7 is more desirable than a "Caterham" 
7, but I think each has a claim to be "real", and not copies.

Now, there are a few other companies that *do* make copies; that's different.

  --berry

Berry Kercheval :: kerch@parc.xerox.com :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center