I currently have 18,000 sq/ft of storage in just the barns - which isn't quite accurate as one is divided in half. So, I have 15,000 sq/ft of usable storage/display space. With my next barn, that'll be another 6000 sq/ft.
I suspect know I have more space than other collectors. I mean, I know, 'cause most other collectors might have a handful of cars, maybe up to a dozen.
I picked a few cars up today, but the rest of today isn't all that interesting.
By the way, here's a good example of what we were talking about:
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0122-486526/1973-plymouth-cuda/
That's a "regular" Plymouth Cuda that has been modified to replicate the Hemi Cuda - a more expensive/desirable version.
When done properly, you won't even know - unless you decode the VIN - they're made that well. Sometimes, people knowingly buy them at just about the same price they'd spend on a real one.
This is very different than when people do the same thing and then try to pass it off as an original Hemi Cuda - which also happens because of shitty people.
As long as they are up front and honest about what it really is I don't see a problem with that at all.
When they're upfront and honest about it, and they do a good job, it'll often sell for a price pretty close to what the real one would cost.
Then, there are things like Cobra replicas - just straight replicas. Those can sell for six figures - and they're knowingly a replica. Factory Five makes good replicas, and I think they have copies of the original dies to stamp out the body panels.
Well for a cobra, there were not than many made. And a new replica one might be even better than an old one as far as drivability. There's a company making 'new' E-types too
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