[/quote] I completely agree, what gets me is that I suspect that quite a lot of the historic racers around are probably far from original having been rebuilt several times. [/quote]
Spot on! My nephew works for a company that restores classics, they did the Bizzzarini that crashed on its first outing at the Revival a few years ago, mostly work on Ferraris. He's said how ridiculous it is that they can "restore" a car and replace every single part as long as the VIN plate is original. If they were to build the same from scratch using parts from the factory it would be a "recreation" and worth a fraction of the price. It's all down to provenance.
