well, this whole historic racing thing got me interested on the rights of replicas or not for historic racing.
So after a little digging I also found this
http://www.fia.com/resources/documen...istoric_qa.pdf
and this correspondence between the president of the FIA, our own tabloid favourite, Max Mosely and Mr Robin Stainer, AC Owners' Club (ACOC) Cobra registrar (scroll down on the link)
Historic Cars - Questions and Answers
... so it seems to me that to go historic racing, then using the old adage
'if it look like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck'...
then it would appear that if you have a cobra with a period correct chassis and an ali body, and provided it has enough period fittings, (incl Ford engine + toploader) then a cobra replica will be eligible for an HTP - thats an Historic Technical Passport. This makes no claims on originality or provenance, but simply says the vehicle meets the technical requirements to be entered into an historic racing event. I'm not usually a fan of EU regulation, but it appears the FIA has been forced into this situation on 'technical discrimination' grounds.
(Provenance, and thus potential historical value are dealt with seperately in the HC or Heritage Certificate. These cost 4-figure sums and upwards requiring detailed inspection and proof of history, and proof a car's genuine originality).
..... so, Im wondering if that Legate car basically has simply just got itself a HTP. Cost is about $600 or so.
The HC would be impossible to obtain with this car as it has no history that it can claim.
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