Russ: With all due respect I think you just took a smiling leap into the ridiculous with the cloning argument.
We as human beings are all unique and have all our past life experience and quirks of personality which are unique to each of us. Even identical twins have different personalities and life experiences. Would clones have the same interests, intelligence, talents? I don't know. Do you? There was only one Dale Ernhardt. He was born. He had a specific mother and father. He had unique life experiences that can't be replicated. He wasn't originally mass produced to a specific specification by design like a car.
We are talking about Shelby Cobras. Inanimate objects. They can't be compared to human beings. They are products which are man made, mass produced to a man made design, licensed, trade marked and sold. I don't know enough about cloning or what the end result really is compared to the person from whom the DNA is taken but I do know its alot more complicated than fabricating a Cobra and involves serious moral, ethical and scientific problems.
But I guess if you were to argue hypothetically "if" you could majically make Dale Ernhardts all exactly like the original and they all had all his memories, knowledge, talent, experiences in memory down to the last detail and you legally named them all Dale Ernhardt then I guess they would be REAL Dale Ernhardts (exactly replicating the original). Just not the original.
I can't believe I actually got sucked into this one.
Ron61: Thank you for your observations. I have been saying what you said for a long time. Many just flame me regardless. I'm just pointing to the present facts as they exist. They are not secret, they are not unknown, they are not disputable but irrefutable. I have time and time again pointed out that my posts are 99% of the time in response to what someone has said and not intended as a put down to any other car.
Blue Rooster: Some say when CS passes the CSX's original and continuation will go up in value. Who knows though. After Ferrari died the value of some Ferraris did go up but came down later.
Some say that the cars made while CS is alive will have greater value than those after. Who knows.
I don't care. I just enjoy my car.