When it comes to questions of "how to judge" a car or a situation that has
not come up before, I have found it very helpful every time to look
"upscale" at how it is handled with the great marquees. So in this case of
a created or "phantom" (the new term) model, I would apply what the Classic
Car Club of America has found it necessary to do over the years. In that
club's case, they know that VIN #XXXXXX '34 Packard came from the factory
as, lets say, a 12 cyl. coupe. The car is now being shown as a LeBaron
bodied roadster (newly created body) and the few of those that were actually
built are all accounted for. The car is welcome to be judged on its own
merits but is placed in a class called "Non-Authentic".
This would work really well for example with the '57 DeSoto Fireflite that
was for sale as an Adventurer convertible at the Barrett-Jackson auction
last January, or for a '55 Fury or '56 Town and Country woody.
This is why DOCUMENTATION is so important to a car; especially one that is
rare or limited production or a factory one-off like the Keller '55 Imperial
convertible. Might Chrysler have mocked-up a '55 "Fury" to test the
concept? Yes, they might have. Did Chrysler build a handful of '56 Windsor
convertibles into 300B-like cars to gauge public opinion before bringing out
the first 300 convertible in '57? It is thought that they DID!
So if that phantom whatever does show up for judging, there needs to be a
Non-Authentic Class for it, or it needs to bring documentation to prove its
authenticity.
My $.02 -- well maybe that's worth a whole nickel.
Wayne
-----Original Message-----
From: brian [mailto:xm2cars@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 4:49 AM
Subject: Purist Question to ponder!!
In light of the current discussion thread about the '61
DeSoto convertible's heritage, here is something to think
about.
What would you folks think about a car that may be
immaculate in every way and perhaps even so authentic
looking it would be hard to decipher as different from
factory built - yet that particular model never existed!
A car such as a: '55 Fury, '99 LHS convertible, '56 T&C
woody, or others etc.
Would this be a problem car to anyone? (a negative reaction)
Should this car be eligible to enter in a show as an "ABC
model of a DEF" make and judged with the other models of
that make as long as it was described as non-authentic?
Would you accept it as an automotive creation that should be
judged on its own merits?
Brian
D500s in MI
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