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Originally posted by Steve Donegan:
Way to go Agro.
Where's that naysayer named Percy "my car is better cause it's a real GT-5S" Hill?
Steve: First, you did not read carefully what I said. My point was that any kit application is simply that, a kit. A car so modified will never be a "real" GT5 or GT5-S as the case may be. For the same reason cubic zirconia faux diamonds are imitations, so are cars that have been so modified. No sane person will argue this truth. Any car from the model T forward can be stripped down to the frame, factory faults corrected, modifications galore made and you can end up with an automobile that is better than what the factory produced. No secret there. And don't get me wrong, I like hot rods.
Second, I know Jay and his wife, Lou and his wife (and will soon likely meet his baby) personally and we and I meet up at various events here in Florida and I think his Agrovader is a beautiful car and extremely well done. In fact Lou posted some photographs of my GT5S on the Southesat Panteras website. So don't confuse the rarity of 40 to 50 original GT5-S cars in the US, with the 2,600 to 3,000 71-74 cars in various shades of dress in any other way than it is a simple fact they are rare and unique. Factory GT5 & GT5-S original cars are comparably very rare,and in time, if history is any guide premiums for that rarity occur. That is why the entry point for a GT5 or GT5-S starts around 60k, unmodified.