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Originally Posted by Anthony
Ned, I differ on your view of csx4000's. First, your description of a replica refers to a single object, such as a work of art, not a group or collection. Being that ford stopped selling the thunderbird for a while, does that mean that when they came out with them again, they were now replica's? Is the new dodge power wagon really a power wagon? or a fakey do?
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Anthony, your thoughts and comments are appreciated. In the case of the 2002-7 Thunderbirds and the new Dodge Power Wagons, they are completely different vehicles than those that originally bore the same nameplates. If Ford reintroduced a T-Bird today that identically replicated the cars from the '50's, or if Dodge were to produce a Power Wagon that tried to precisely duplicate the trucks from 60 years ago, then I believe everyone would acknowledge that they would logically be called replicas. But since the newer incarnations of these vehicles bear minimal resemblance to the originals, no one uses that terminology, which is appropriate. It's the old apples to apples vs. apples to oranges analogy.