Restored Porsche racing cars - What is still considered original? And what is not?
Summary
After 50 years or more, even an original is usually no longer really "original". This is especially true for racing cars, which were constantly modified, rebuilt and repaired during their active time in order to remain competitive. This article illustrates the topic with a few examples from the world of Porsche racing cars and explains why this is important.
This article contains the following chapters
- What is an original and what is a forgery?
- The rolling chassis 550-0020
- The expert
- The chassis number
- Originality
- The Porsche 917
- Weight is the enemy of the racing car
- Porsche 917-021
- Porsche 917-032
- Porsche 917-033
Estimated reading time: 12min
Preview (beginning of the article)
"Million-dollar fraud with classic Porsche cars" was the headline of a dpa report from December 8, 2020, which read: "After two years of investigations, the Aachen public prosecutor's office has filed charges against three men for millions in fraud involving expensive classic cars, primarily from sports car manufacturer Porsche." The public prosecutor's office stated that the main focus was on racing cars that had been more or less rebuilt, but had been given a racing history and thus sold as collectible and far more valuable "originals". Without going into the charges, which are not yet known, reference is made at this point to the judgment of the Regional Court of Stuttgart, in which the body shape of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupé was assigned the status of "applied art" and thus the protection of copyright.
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