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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / MKIV AKL for sale
« on: April 12, 2013, 05:31:52 »quote:
Now back to the initial question, what makes a MK IV lightweight more special? Was it the price people where willing to pay for it in first instance? Are the first 12 cars build then even more special as being most close to 1960 specifications?
I can’t quit put my finger on it, but there is something inherently sad about this and related threads. A Mk IV is a Mk IV, be it standard or lightweight. A Lightweight, be it one of 26 or 73, is still a Mk IV. Making a Mk IV a Lightweight doesn’t make it a Mk III, nor does it make it better, significantly faster, or even better looking. You can make any Mk IV go as fast as any other variant; even it’s 60’s brethren, so this is a pretty trivial point. If you can’t appreciate a Mk IV for what it is (a great sports car, a piece of rolling artwork, amazing for ever being built in its day, and even more amazing for being sold in Ford dealerships in the states), you may be what some Mk I, II, & III owners probably think you are: a poser or a wana-be. A Mk IV is a Mk IV, and I for one love it because of how it came to be and what it is: an exceedingly fun car to drive. I can’t understand the suspiciously self-serving need to make it more, or less, depending on how it looks or how you look at it.