Sadbrewer wrote:elanfan1 wrote:Sadbrewer wrote:
If I were a wealthy enough man I would buy Jim Clark's Elan regardless of cost.
Why? There’s not a single molecule of his DNA in it, it’s a recreation.
I suppose it depends on your values or sense of history, to me as a small child Clark was my absolute hero, to be able, all these years later to be a guardian, for a few years at least, of one of his possessions would be an honour... it's a small piece of history, a connection to the past...why do we cherish, collect or preserve anything old or with historical connections at all?
At least I have the satisfaction of knowing you'll not be bidding against me at the auction !!...not that I've two ha'pennies to rub together,
As I was the one who raised the question I would like to add what I originally meant with it. In my opinion it isn't the particular previous owner who is important here. More than the previous owner of a car it is the time the car was developed, produced, ran, .. it's the haircuts, the clothes, the music, the environment, the global politics, the economy, the car itself, the traffic back then...
It just wouldn't be that important for me to say "it was Jim Clarks car". At least if this would cost me tens of thousands. Then I would rather say "Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, and Colin Chapman used to drive one of these." And I would have the money to buy myself an Elite and say something similar about that.