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Jay Leno has more cars than you can count.....I'm sure a guy who does thousands of car interviews and reviews per year just says what is on his mind sometimes. The #1 thing I dislike about Cobra ownership is both people who let having a replica bother them as well as people who own a real one and think it is something special. The whole real vs replica is so silly in my opinion......its likes saying oh gosh that bible isn't original so I sure don't want one of those.
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I watched the video and agree that Jay was (in my mind) referring to ‘kit cars’ that are far off from any resemblance to what they were trying to replicate. From what I have seen and heard, Jay is a down to earth guy. Case in point, several years ago at the Monterey Historic Races, he was walking through the pits by himself, went right past some mega buck cars and talked with the guy that had a Volvo P1800. We were standing nearby by heard what he had to say, he was genuinely interested in the car and what the owner had to say about the car.
As to the SS featured in the video, it is very well done indeed and nice that the modern running gear is Jaguar. One question I have is what happened to the air cleaners? It’s cool to see the SUs, but I doubt they run the car on the street without some kind of air cleaner. If not an air cleaner, then put little velocity stacks with a screen on the carbs. Looks good and keeps at least the bigger chunks of stuff from getting sucked into the motor. |
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I found the impressive list here: Rocket Sleds: The Best Performers from 50 Years of Car and Driver Testing - Car Comparison - Feature Article - Page 2 DD :MECOOL: |
its likes saying oh gosh that bible isn't original so I sure don't want one of those.
My Gutenberg replica has the correct number and spacing of rivets....Not all can say that. |
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Like car replicas, they can vary quite a lot from the origional design!
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Ace 23 well said...couldn't agree with you more!!
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Jay Leno is so rich that he really hates replicas . He could buy a "real one " if he wanted.
I mean his ultimate car is a Stanley Stanley Steamer ?? |
Jay loves cars, just like most of us do. We've all said something sometime when it was taken wrong or out of context. I love most all performance, muscle & exotic cars, and even some dogs. If I were properly funded, I'd probably have a thousand cars. As it is, I have over a dozen, and I've commented many times on these and others that just didn't come out right. Shame on me. Cars light my fire, and in no way, shape or form am I one-make-exclusive. Give Jay a break, maybe someday you'll be out driving and he'll stop by you to chat up your car.
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