Original* and .... - the difficulty of distinguishing a fake from the original vehicle
Summary
As classic car prices rise, the risks for buyers of top-class gems also increase. Is the car original? Is the history correct? Should you drive the expensive car on the road or on the race track? Martin Schröder has taken on these questions and is predestined to provide answers, as he knows the market like no other. This report proposes definitions, gives examples of what originality and authenticity mean and what to make of replicas, recreations and fakes.
This article contains the following chapters
- Two SSKs, what is the difference?
- Three questions for manufacturers
- Drive or preserve?
- Sokol 650
- Bernd Becker's Porsche 910
- Market development of collector's cars from 1972 to today
- Historic racing
- Degree of originality
- Restoration to a historically guaranteed state
- The Eberan von Eberhorst maxim
- Porsche 907-29 and TWR Porsche WSC 95
- The meaning of the chassis number
- The price development
- Replica - Recreation
- The curse and blessing of recreations
- Special case 300 SL Coupé - Gullwing
- From new-old-stock to remanufactured parts
- The FIVA and the Turin Charter
- Further reading
Estimated reading time: 28min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Original - Matching Numbers - Neubau - Nachbau - Replica - Fake - Special - Eigenbau - Recreation - Preservation - Bitsa (bits of this, bits of that) Story-Teller, Scheunenfund, - this list goes on and on. Norbert Schroeder said in an interview: "A rethink is taking place." And that is in the direction of originality, which naturally raises a lot of questions when it comes to racing and sports cars. It was therefore decided to have the topic presented in detail. This was done by an expert on the subject, automobile historian Martin Schröder. He has relevant experience, including the "export" of an Auto Union 12-cylinder engine from the GDR, the first book on the racing history of the Auto Union, the acquisition of a Porsche 904 with 493 km on the clock and many other collector's cars. He is predestined for this subject like no other.
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