Recreating mega-priced Ferraris often translates into sacrificing desirable models. Sometimes it’s a legal issue, other times also morally reprehensible, blogs Mike Gulett on My Car Quest.
Turning a stock small-block vintage Camaro or Chevelle into a big-block SS or Shelby-izing a Mustang to look like a GT350 or GT500 is common practice. Owners looking for maximum head-turning power without having to spend the money it takes to buy real cars go this route. Some convert “plain jane” stockers into highly desirable models and then pass them off as the real deal. That’s a whole other issue. Stock, low-option, low-power vintage 1960s and 1970s cars that are used as donors are sacrificed. However, these vehicles often do not have great value.
Then we have the “creation” of high-end vintage Ferraris, cars usually reserved only for the extremely rich and famous. Those that are passed off as genuine create obvious legal issues. However, there is also a moral issue. Typically the recreation of a Ferrari GTO, often using a 250 GTE, above, blue, or 330, above, red, chassis and powertrain, means that a desirable donor is sacrificed. Since there are many more GTOs than originally built by Ferrari, desirable Ferrari road cars have been destroyed in the recreation process.
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http://mycarquest.blogspot.com/2011/02/is-this-really-right.html