My fake is faker than your fake!

[kevins2]

This thread has been a real hoot. Although my car, other than the paint scheme, closely resembles an original, that was just part of the hobby to me not an obsession. I'm not an originality buff and, to those that are, nothing wrong with that but clearly we all enjoy these cars for our own reasons. In fact, if the original Cobras never existed and, yes I know that would mean our cars wouldn't exist either, but imagine if you will that they didn't but your car somehow exists. Would you enjoy it any less? I think not.

[AL427SBF]

Well yes and no, the male psyche is a funny thing. When the obsessed CCRsAC gets into his 100 point fake, he will be immersed in the 60's era environment just like original owners were. From wood grain steering wheel, to flat-top 4-speed shift knob, to smith gauges and so on. As he motors away, just being in that period correct cockpit will teleport him back to the 60's and the whole visceral experience richer imo.

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by AL427SBF

Well yes and no, the male psyche is a funny thing. When the obsessed CCRsAC gets into his 100 point fake, he will be immersed in the 60's era environment just like original owners were. From wood grain steering wheel, to flat-top 4-speed shift knob, to smith gauges and so on. As he motors away, just being in that period correct cockpit will teleport him back to the 60's and the whole visceral experience richer imo.

Yep - that pretty much sums up the approach to my car also.

[Murky781]

Ok I'll jump in on this thread. 289 stripes on a 427 ? Does that get me points? I love to see that big vein pop out on the purists forehead when they see them.

[CCRsAC]

Originally Posted by Murky781

Ok I'll jump in on this thread. 289 stripes on a 427 ? Does that get me points? I love to see that big vein pop out on the purists forehead when they see them.

As a fake, that car is a fail... it looks way too nice! Love the not-right stripe, too. Sure doesn't look like you guys are enjoying it... too bad it's fakeness is sucking all the fun out of it for you.

[REAL 1]

Originally Posted by CCRsAC

As a fake, that car is a fail... it looks way too nice! Love the not-right stripe, too. Sure doesn't look like you guys are enjoying it... too bad it's fakeness is sucking all the fun out of it for you.

Hold on there just one minute Skippy. Lets be consistent and fair if your going to do this right.

Is a 100 point Fakeydoo fake aesthetically accurate to what it is Faking to be i.e. a Shelby Cobra as your foundational OP stakes out? or....

Is a 100 point Fakeydoo fake the least aesthetically accurate to what it is Faking to be i.e. a Shelby Cobra as your foundational OP stakes out? .....

In one post you seem to want aesthetic accuracy in your Fakeydoos yet in another you want to see all the "interpretative" work.

Seems to me you need a rule clarification for your membership.

BTW if aesthetic accuracy is the ticket to a 100 point fakeydoo where did you place your battery? I am concerned based on the photos you posted on the first page. Depending on your answer it could result in a another point deduction for you. Hmmm.

Cheers

[Nedsel]

Oh, yeah. That will just ruin any purist's day all right.

[CobraBD408]

Extremely nice fakey, fake! Love the color! It will stand on its own next to all the , white, red, silver & blue fakey, fake!

Regards,

Mike

[Murky781]

CCRsA thank you for your kind words. I will admit I have not read every post in this thread, and my sense of humor often gets me in hot water, so I was only having fun. Driving that car is the most fun I have with my clothes on or off !! Fakeydoo, replica, kit or original these cars are only second to the ones that THAT guy, at the car shows, who's brother, cousin, uncle or whatever distant family member, found in a barn, off a craigslist ad, that he paid $50 dollars for and is the last of the "original" 10,000 cobras that were made and is worth $10,000,000, so he knows EVERYTHING about cobras!!! I hope the weather gets warmer, everyone ties down their knockoffs, and we got burn up some dinosaurs!!!! Enjoy

[ItBites]

Evan,

I would propose that in keeping with the fakeydoo concept, the membership and rules should be just as fake, therefore warranting no clarification in the fake eye of the fake beholder.

[Ralphy]

http://gatewayclassiccars.com/images.../LOU/57/57.jpg
Remember this one?

I was sort of thinking like Evan, oh ****! I'm thinking awards ought to be given at both ends of the scale. Okay not quit like Evan, relief..... What about the guy who takes an MG and practices his art? Real bad?

Originally Posted by ItBites

Evan,

I would propose that in keeping with the fakeydoo concept, the membership and rules should be just as fake, therefore warranting no clarification in the fake eye of the fake beholder.

Ralphy

[AL427SBF]

Originally Posted by Ralphy

http://gatewayclassiccars.com/images.../LOU/57/57.jpg
Remember this one? ...

Now that one there is one butt ugly beauty, even looks like its' ass has been kicked at least once lol.

[REAL 1]

Originally Posted by ItBites

Evan,

I would propose that in keeping with the fakeydoo concept, the membership and rules should be just as fake, therefore warranting no clarification in the fake eye of the fake beholder.

Sounds like a plan to me, my you are a clever one ...I get it! this way all your cars can be totally fake and you guys can all have 100 point fakeydoos under your point system. This also renders the point system you guys have totally fake since you all can't win first place in reality meaning that's a fake result...Which means that your cars aren't really equally fake again but that's a fake result since one could argue that fakes are equal by definition so you all win again...and round and round you go and the circle jerk never ends!

Perfect!

[AL427SBF]

There does appear to be inconsistent criteria for the participants. Does a SBF dressed up to appear like a BB FE carry more weight than an unaltered chevy in its' place? Seems to me the more blasphemous the fakery the better. Sort of proof in the putting that you really could give a rat's ass about what others think lol.

[dallas_]

Originally Posted by AL427SBF

Seems to me the more blasphemous the fakery the better. Sort of proof in the putting that you really could give a rat's ass about what others think lol.

Hmmm..... now we're getting somewhere.

[REAL 1]

Originally Posted by AL427SBF

There does appear to be inconsistent criteria for the participants. Does a SBF dressed up to appear like a BB FE carry more weight than an unaltered chevy in its' place? Seems to me the more blasphemous the fakery the better. Sort of proof in the putting that you really could give a rat's ass about what others think lol.

Yes, true. However, one could easily argue the more aesthetically accurate the fake the more deceiving and therefore the more disingenuous it is therefore higher in the fakeydoo pecking order but is being higher in the pecking order better when judging fakeyness?

Oh my. This is confusing.

[ItBites]

Well if blasphemery in creating fakeydooery is king, I win. There is no disguising my 540BBC. In fact, my side badges have a polished brass bowtie glued over the FORD lettering. Further, the only Ford part on my car is the, wait for it... steering column, but it is from an F-600 truck! I think we are getting somewhere now...

[AL427SBF]

Originally Posted by ItBites

Well if blasphemery in creating fakeydooery is king, I win. There is no disguising my 540BBC. In fact, my side badges have a polished brass bowtie glued over the FORD lettering. Further, the only Ford part on my car is the, wait for it... steering column, but it is from an F-600 truck! I think we are getting somewhere now...

Now we're talkin' lol.

[Ralphy]

Still, I have to admire their work. Imitation is a form of flattery right?

1960 MG MGA - Knight Riders Car Club - Virginia

1962 MG MGA Coupe (CHDL70936) : Registry : The MG Experience

Ralphy

[CCRsAC]

There's bad fakes and bad fakes... that white one at Gateway is a bad fake, but a 540BBC would make for one bad fake. Gotta love the English language - we can have all sorts of fun.