[Lou1119]

I recently went to a car show here inNorthern California. A Pretty Backdraft replica was entered. While looking at the car I heard the owner talking to a spectator about the car. He said it was built to exact spec as the original to the point that a chassis builder in South Africa built the chassis and if you crawled under the car you could see South Africa stamped on the chassis. He also stated that the seats were the same as original "not the cheap low back seats" that you see on most replicas. He stated that Jack Roush recommended Backdraft as the best one on the market.
The car looked like it came from a trinket shop with the dual roll bars,monogrammed tan high back seats, carbon fiber dash, yellowing side pipes with chrome heat shields and numerous other non original bits and pieces.
After a while I could not resist and asked him how it was exactly spec'd like the original when the wheel base was 2" longer; he shrugged. I talso asked curiously how the chassis was made in South Africa when the BDR's were made in Boynton beach Florida. He did if not answer and started his line of BS with another observer.
People like this give all of us a bad rap and should be banned from public appearances. I guess that's why many of the comments about are cars are"It's only a replica"