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Part of me is glad that people are going to such lengths to save these cars. They are (I think) an important part of automotive history and as many as possible should be preserved as such so people can (at least) see them up close and not just read about it all from some book or the internet. Whether a rebuilt and re-skinned car is still a real or any less Porsche than the 1 next to it isn't a discussion that I feel is relevant. Almost any car with mileage on it has had parts replaced and (usually) some sort of bodywork/restoration done, so you can look at it that way and debate 'till the cows come home whether it's still real or you could look at it from the perspective of it's still around and we can see what they looked like and the technology that made them so special.

My car, your car, and everybody else's cars here aren't Porsches, never will be Porsches, but they are what they are , and what they are is a whole lotta fun and a blast to drive, so the whole P crowd that's sacreligously busy admiring their cars from afar on a show field, laughing because the car beside them's licence plate bolts aren't correct and dissing the very idea of entertaining replica ownership (or, for that matter, their right to exist) are totally missing out on what our cars, or even theirs are about. They were meant to be driven, not stared at. THAT'S WHAT PUT 356's ON THE PEDESTAL THEY'RE ON TODAY! And that's what I find is sooo blasphemous about the whole collector car craze...

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