[Vintage-race] [Lotus] An S1 with Duplicate Number... a can of worms?

[rickyocum at earthlink.net]

I think that's the proper way to handle the situation and I offer high praise for the current owner. 

The question of what constitutes "an original" has been discussed on various boards for several years.  The favorite quote I ever read on the subject (and I'm taking liberty with the numbers because I don't remember the exact quote)dealt with the 1957 Chevy "Black Widows.'  I once read the comment "Out of the 125 originally produced, primarily for NASCAR racing, only approximately 500 have survived."

Rick

>Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] [Lotus] An S1 with Duplicate Number... a can of	worms?
>
>Yes, THAT's the real question.
>I suspect that some one would have to make a formal protest, and then the
>sanctioning group would have to define what is and what is genuine and what is
>a replica? I theory, you can replace every part on the car, and still call it
>the same car I suppose... let's see what happens :-)
>jd