Originally Posted by Strat Fan
Completely agree with Craig.... Why do some people have to call it a Lancia Stratos when it is not ?....whatever type of replica you have be proud and name it as such !
Completely agree with Craig.... Why do some people have to call it a Lancia Stratos when it is not ?....whatever type of replica you have be proud and name it as such !
Fully agreed...it’s a shame! And this fact is often done by dishonorable people to mistake others and make maximum profit in a sale as recently seen in several transactions ...particularly this side of the channel!!
Last edited by Stratie.fr; 25-05-2018 at 11:31.
I think going forward, the right thing to do is remove any external Stratos badging and state on any entries, promotional stuff or media that it is a Hawk, Lister bell, Corse or any other earlier flavour.
Over the last few years, there has been a softening of attitudes to the replica owners by original owners so no sense in spoiling it.
Last edited by strat24v; 25-05-2018 at 11:36.
Woulda thought you're OK with "Stratos" and "Bertone" badges, as that's the exact (??) shape of it, and which was, indeed, penned by the aforementioned Bert. As for Lancia badges, hmmm...well, there are enough lookalikes out there badged as such, and as long as you're honest if/when asked, I don't see the harm in that (some "reps" are better-built than the real thing, so you could argue they're actually doing Lancia a favour...). But to enter such a car into an event as a Lancia Stratos is very naughty, cos it most certainly isn't. If you're not actually going to call it what it really is (Lister Bell STR, Hawk HFwhatever, etc.) then you should say "Lancia Stratos replica", or "homage", or similar - suppose you could say that most people won't know what a LB or Hawk is, but they'll know about the Stratos, so you're giving them an idea of what they're coming to look at.
Agree totally with Craig re. this video. Nice car, great video, very naughty boy.
Last edited by Normb666; 25-05-2018 at 14:14.
Thats it in a nutshell
I could never be comfortable with trying to pass a replica off as an original and have always been very quick to fess up when asked if I've been out and about in Frederics cars.
But I'm also well aware how much interest the cars generate at events and with the scarcity if participating original cars I can understand organizers latching on to
The appeal of having a "Stratos" on their entry list.
I was impressed with the Costa Brava event Frederic did in his Hawk where there was a defined category for replicas and specials.
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