Now Is Your Chance To Own A Brand-New 1920's Bently
With Toyota reproducing parts for the A70 Supra, Mazda restoring Eunos Roadsters, and Ford reproducing the 1960’s fastback, I’ve noticed a trend in the car community: We’re out of ideas, so let’s give the public what they want. Honestly, I love this train of thought, and I was incredibly excited to hear that Bentley was hopping on board, creating 12 brand new “Blower Bentleys” in the 2019-2020 year. (Currently, there are only four in the world, with one selling upwards of $8,000,000)
What’s that? I hear some car collectors cringing at the thought. At the whole movement of this “reproduction era”. Well, If you google a 1929 “Blower Bentley” I’m sure you’ll notice there are a lot more than four vehicles that look identical, with the exception of color. That’s because there is already a market of homebrew, DIY-ers like myself that are creating the classic in garages, and in driveways. So why wouldn’t I be excited to hear that the factories themselves are coming out with product created to a much higher quality then we can make at home? (For the most part)
At the end of the day, like Pipetale states, you cannot re-create a VIN. (Unless you’re a black market vendor) Therefore, the original four vehicles shouldn’t drop in value because 12 are being re-created. Bentley is going to assign those 12 different VINs to showcase the fact that they are re-productions. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they are registered under a completely separate chassis code altogether. Luxury brands such as Rolls-Royce, or Bentley respect the fact that their clients are incredibly proud to own what they do, and they understand that re-creating, or adding VINs to the pool would create a very loud outcry from the auto enthusiast community.
What are your thoughts on the subject? Are you excited to see reproduction parts & vehicles to assist you in restoring, or purchasing your dream car? I’m incredibly curious to hear your thoughts!
With Toyota reproducing parts for the A70 Supra, Mazda restoring Eunos Roadsters, and Ford reproducing the 1960’s fastback, I’ve noticed a trend in the car community: We’re out of ideas, so let’s give the public what they want. Honestly, I love this train of thought, and I was incredibly excited to hear that Bentley was hopping on board, creating 12 brand new “Blower Bentleys” in the 2019-2020 year. (Currently, there are only four in the world, with one selling upwards of $8,000,000)
What’s that? I hear some car collectors cringing at the thought. At the whole movement of this “reproduction era”. Well, If you google a 1929 “Blower Bentley” I’m sure you’ll notice there are a lot more than four vehicles that look identical, with the exception of color. That’s because there is already a market of homebrew, DIY-ers like myself that are creating the classic in garages, and in driveways. So why wouldn’t I be excited to hear that the factories themselves are coming out with product created to a much higher quality then we can make at home? (For the most part)
At the end of the day, like Pipetale states, you cannot re-create a VIN. (Unless you’re a black market vendor) Therefore, the original four vehicles shouldn’t drop in value because 12 are being re-created. Bentley is going to assign those 12 different VINs to showcase the fact that they are re-productions. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they are registered under a completely separate chassis code altogether. Luxury brands such as Rolls-Royce, or Bentley respect the fact that their clients are incredibly proud to own what they do, and they understand that re-creating, or adding VINs to the pool would create a very loud outcry from the auto enthusiast community.
What are your thoughts on the subject? Are you excited to see reproduction parts & vehicles to assist you in restoring, or purchasing your dream car? I’m incredibly curious to hear your thoughts!