I’ve long held the view that the best GT-HO Phase III for me would be a replica. That way, I could actually bring myself to drive it, enjoy it and maybe even park it somewhere public for as much as 20 minutes without degenerating into a dribbling wreck.
But for every bloke like me, there’s at least one or two for whom the real thing is the only way to go. And I can see that side of the argument, too. Let’s face it, the word ‘Replica’ is, well, a bit tawdry in this context. ‘Clone’ is also socially awkward. ‘Tribute’ is a bit apologetic, ‘Re-creation’ is only one back from ‘Faker-Shaker’ and ‘Continuation’ sounds like a quote from the Trump legal team arguing that bankruptcy never existed even as a concept. And don’t even start me on ‘Reimagined’.
So I have the solution. No, really.
If we accept that a genuine Phase III is, A, priced beyond the means of decent working folk, and; B, rarer than a happy vegan, then a replica example becomes the only way in, right? Exactly. But, having just explained the trashy (to some folks) reality of a knock-off, where do we go from there?
