On the mixing of replicas with authentic old cars at concours

[Nedsel]

Wallace, I agree with you. But in defense of the La Jolla Concours, for which I serve on the organizing committee as well as a judge, I can tell you that there were NO replicas mixed in with the original cars on the show field. Which is to say, none of the cars eligible for judging were anything other than what they were stated to be. At this show, however, we do have a "car corral," in which a variety of cars participate. Within the corral there may well be replica automobiles. And if the owner of, say, a fiberglass M-B Gullwing reproduction wants too claim that his car is a "1955 Mercedes Benz" because SEMA and other organizations think this is acceptable, under the guise of labeling a car as that which it most closely resembles, well - I guess that's the owner's prerogative. I think you might be surprised at how many people at a show actually know the difference and simply accept the subterfuge as a common practice.