can a replica become a classic

Older replicas have come up in the everyday classic discussion, but could a replica ever become a classic? discuss

Perhaps, in it's own right, but not on the back of the original.

I dont see why not, people have been copying and replicating for far longer than most 'classics' have been around

just take Morgan, isnt there car a rip off of an old MG anyway . . . .and theyve been making them for longer than the queens been pardoning :)

so the answer is ye as I suspected, - next question could a mondeo ever be a classic - definitive answer - not a chance!

Is a Cortina a classic? Absolutely.
Is a Sierra a classic? Not yet, but wait for it?
You know what comes next? It isn't pretty.

Originally posted by zefarelly
just take Morgan, isnt there car a rip off of an old MG anyway . . . .and theyve been making them for longer than the queens been pardoning :) They have been making Morgans for a long while before MG was born.
Morgan is not a replica!

the first moragn was the single cylinder 'femi' that competed on the inter varsity trials before the first world war?

I know Morgan has been around for donkeys . . . . .but wasnt the plus 4 or whatever its called based round a TC or something?

no offence to any MOrgan fans . . . .just something I overheard when we where at LeMans :)

It does look rather like the old mg T doesn't it.

yep, and one thats been squashed, the construction is very similar too I believe

racing tree wood!

cut from ash trees at brooklands!!

and a few sheets of safety ply to keep your feet off the deck!

one of the guys I was with at LeMans said . . . . .I can smelll burning linseed oil . . . .It must be the Morgans gearbox . . .made me laugh anyway :)