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Replica vs. Original Discussion
It seems like many of these "clones" come from Germany. Below are a couple of examples and many seem to surround the historical cars of Kremer Racing. There obviously is too much money out there which causes someone to do this. Replicas are fine but when someone drops their integrity and makes claims that the replica is the original car is the real issue. Here are some examples:
Both of these RSR's have the original Jagermeister livery, but neither is the original Porsche-Kremer vin 0050005. One is an original RSR (2nd pic) that originally had the Jagermeister livery but has its history confused and wears the #54 Nurburgring 1000km livery and the second (top pic) is an exact replica. This clone even has the original chassis # stamped on it and claims to be the original in Europe. Which is which? How do you tell the difference? It is understandable how people can get confused.
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Here is another example of two Kremer RSR's. Can you tell which is the clone and which is the original car? There are subtle differences.
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How do we prevent or stop this on the future? How do we protect the identities of the original cars in this environment? Any ideas from the forum on this topic would be greatly helpful. Is there a way to identify the replica cars, without being slanderous? (As no one is ever positive about a car without actually inspecting it)
Does this topic deserve its own post?