Re: [alfa] restoration vs. recreation

[Joe Garcia <lacorsanostra@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Hertzman <johnhertzman@domain.elided> wrote:
There have been several interesting posts on this range of subjects. Joe Garcia wrote "Personally, I'd rather see, say, a GTA at speed than a 6C 3000 CM rotating slowly on a museum turntable." With all due respect, that is a false choice at both ends; a GTA at speed is faster, but otherwise not a lot more interesting to watch, than a prepared GT Veloce at speed, and none of the 6C 3000 CMs I've seen (half of the ones built) were close to what they were when they were built; they were all either rebodied or overrestored. It doesn't really worry me  I have bigger things to worry about  but something has been lost, and I'm afraid it will stay gone.
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OK, let me try this again. I should have made a distinction between "watching" and "seeing." 
 
What I *meant* to say is that I admire a GTA at speed, being used for its intended purpose, more than a, say, Disco Volante enshrined in a Museo Storico somewhere. This is not to put an arbitrary Fun Score on watching Car A or Car B zipping around the track. 
 
Having said that, I hold fast to my opinion that I derive greater admiration for a relatively commonplace car (a GTA, a Mario Andretti edition Sprint Veloce, whatever) going around the track than from an inexpressively rare car embalmed behind some velvet rope, regardless of the level of originality it enjoys.

-Joe in SoFla
1984 GTV-6 "Maratona"
~22K mi.
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