Replica owners: How do you respond to "what year is it?"

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Originally Posted by 1ntCobra

Hmm, as a "civilian", suppose I happened upon a "Factory Five '33 Hot Rod" at a car show and I asked the owner what year it was, to which he replied, "Its a 2013 replica of a 1933 something or other as would theoretically be modified by a 1950's hot rodder". To which I would become confused and just rather have heard that it was a 1933 something or other.

I'd rather hear, "it's a replica of a 33 ford". Why is that so confusing? After that information is gained, you can, as a "civilian", begin asking more questions like who built it, when did you built it, what chassis it's based off of, etc.

I guess that I just don't understand the reluctance of Replica/Kit/component/whatever you want to call it owners to call their car what it is. (And now we have come full circle once again).

It's odd...on other forums, a couple of people will post pictures of their replica's and say what they are "Superformance Cobra", "backdraft Cobra", "FFR", then someone comes along and says, "1965 Shelby Cobra" and even more ohhhhhhhhhhs and ahhhhhhhhhhs are gained because it's....(not really) the real thing. It's just disingenuous and misleading in my personal opinion. As much as you want to believe you have the real thing...you don't (well the lucky few do, but that's not who we are talking about....not sure they are even allowed to post in this thread!). It's a forum...plenty of time to type a few extra words for clarity purpose.