Should I feel insulted or?????

[fasterpatrick]

Okay, time to pile on...........

Now those who know my car, "Know My Car". To use a phrase that has been used by nameless individuals, "A Cobra Shaped Hot Rod" but that is what I Built. If you don't know the car read up on it, as it is the #8 most viewed thread on the sight.

I personally show the **** out of my car, because I like to share it with the public and it does bring a lot of joy to the kids and little girls and a overwhelming number of middle aged women, don't ask me why....

I get a few of crab asses who walk by and say it's just a kit, now I have to say yes I'm offended but I take it as an opportunity to school a Hot Rodder in the art of car building by getting his attention and taking him through the build via the photo album I keep with the car, I get more complements than sneers by the time I'm done. My car does better at sponsor judged events than participant voted.

Here is my window plaque it seems to get attention and hold it long enough to get them to take a better look at the car.


Back to the popcorn.

[jhv48]

Originally Posted by Murky781

When asked if it's real, I usually respond, no, it's just a pygmy of your imagination.

Is that a small figment?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by jhv48

Is that a small figment?

Small enough to be covered by a fig leaf.

[lovehamr]

It could be a fig newton of your amalgamation.

[Luce]

When someone asks is it real, I sometimes reply " I don't see any square roots of negative numbers here."

[Maricopa]

I take perverse joy in 'talking them down' so-to-speak.

Wow, it that a 'REAL' one? - No, it's a replica
But it's got a 427...it says it on the side. - Nope, just a 302
Well it's still nice. - Thanks.

[Bryan Wilson]

I was at a car show one day. A couple of guys were looking over my car and as they walked away, one says to the other "it's a replica it's not a genuine Bob Nell (in Australia a Rob Nell is a high end replica)
Cheers, Bryan

[Bryan Wilson]

I was at a car show one day. A couple of guys were looking over my car and as they walked away, one says to the other "it's a replica it's not a genuine Bob Nell (in Australia a Rob Nell is a high end replica)
Cheers, Bryan

[YerDugliness]

Originally Posted by Three Peaks

At least three times in the last few weeks I've been at cruise ins or at the gas station filling up and I've been approached by people looking at the car. The first question from these guys is "is that a Factory Five kit?"

So, I kind of feel like I should feel insulted a bit when I get this question but I'm not really sure......

Bob

Bob, I would have been one of those guys when I first started looking for a replica in earnest! For those of us who embark on a journey of discovery regarding our replicas, F5R is most likely the first website we look at...after all, F5R does claim that they sell more kits than all others combined and when you look at their prices they can sure look attractive...not to mention that if your can source a good "slightly damaged" Mustang you can practically put one together economically, which sounds pretty good to the uninformed and unwashed masses, right?

It's only after further investigation that you realize you'll be riveting panels for the next 3 or 4 months...that you may be putting parts on your replica that might have been the reason the "donor Mustang" was wrecked in the first place...you get the picture.

I remember going to a car show and seeing a roadster replica for the first time...yes, my question was "Is it a Factory Five" because it seemed more likely to be one of those than anything else just because of the number of kits that have been sold by F5R.

We all started this journey with NO knowledge...it's only through the process of discovery that we rule out what we don't want and whittle the decision down to a few tough choices. I'd suggest that through that process we can become educated enough that it's easy to forget how it was to ask those "should I be insulted?" questions at the beginning of our quest.

There's a thread about that age old question "Is it real?" somewhere here on the forum...I use to go into a long discussion regarding how our replicas are far superior to the "originals", but now I just tell them that it is a reproduction of an original, but with better handling and reliability than the originals ever had. Even that's too much info for the uninformed who just want to know if it's a $1,000,000+ car in front of them...and hoping that a "less expensive" option such as F5R might just be in their near future.

Cheers!

Dugly

[Dominik]

Just say "yes" to everything. I built a few other cars which you can't even buy as a kit. I just reply, yes.

A Diablo is essentially a kit. Yes, Lamborghini made the motor and transmission (and interior?) and the rest came as a kit to the factory.

You get higher recognition if you buy an airplane kit and build it than building a car from scratch. No matter if you ever fly it.

It is what it is.