Tribute & Clone WTF is there a Difference ?? Or is there any??

[70RR]

I see one listed in FBBO now so I need to ask the question..What is the difference between a Tribute and a Clone..OR is there ANY ? or is it just how it is listed or what that seller thinks it is....I do not see it often on Mopar listings ..But..I sent a few questions to people in the past with Tribute listed and the replys where rather hostile to say the least..Like I insulted them by even asking..I remember the movie "Rock Star" with Mark Walberg and when the band members were asking him questions and said so your in a Cover Band and the signer <Walberg> took offence and said NO we are a Tribute band...So am I correct Tribute and Clone are the same or am I missing something here? :thinker:.. Thanks Rick 70RR

 

[MarPar]

eh, same thing to me. it's either real or not.

not that there's any thing wrong with that. i would own a well done clone; as long as it's disclosed, carry on!

 

[TheSwede]

For me a clone is a copy of a model, for exampel a hemicuda with all the right parts that looks like the original car.
A tribute is when you add or remove some of the signifikant parts to (usally) make it better, for example take a satellite and add a new front suspension and a newer hemi but still you want it to look like a 1969 runner and add the decals etc. This is how I build my car, I want to add the parts and decals I like, even if it is not 100 % correct, but what the heck, it is only you guys here that will note the difference.

 

[shag766]

mine, 69 coronet 440 came to me with superbee insignia's front and back. the front one attached to the grill was easy to come off but the rear one is drilled to the trunk, still there. it was a 318 car. hemi now but i would like to get that one off the trunk.
clone versus tribute--same thing to me and when its stated you know what you are looking at.

 

[terzmo]

I see one listed in FBBO now so I need to ask the question..What is the difference between a Tribute and a Clone..OR is there ANY ? or is it just how it is listed or what that seller thinks it is....I do not see it often on Mopar listings ..But..I sent a few questions to people in the past with Tribute listed and the replys where rather hostile to say the least..Like I insulted them by even asking..I remember the movie "Rock Star" with Mark Walberg and when the band members were asking him questions and said so your in a Cover Band and the signer <Walberg> took offence and said NO we are a Tribute band...So am I correct Tribute and Clone are the same or am Imissing something here? :thinker:.. Thanks Rick 70RR

same thing and totally abused

 

[Hemi Rebel]

Is that like the difference between a tribute band and a cover band?

 

[bigredbird]

See my signature....

I think "tribute" is a way for guys to try and avoid the word "clone." People who know what they're doing know that you can convert a Satellite into a RR if you add (and take off) the few parts that made them different. Clueless people think you slap a '73 stripe onto a '71 bird and presto, it's a "tribute" to a Road Runner. So it's all about reading the for-sale descriptions carefully and seeing how the seller thinks the word should be defined.

But even if a clone/tribute is done well, and "to spec," be aware that there are super-purists like RustyRatRod who will get out a magnifying glass and start checking the stamping numbers on the plastic parts! :sideways tongue: :grin:

 

[MarPar]

but even if a clone/tribute is done well, and "to spec," be aware that there are super-purists like rustyratrod who will get out a magnifying glass and start checking the stamping numbers on the plastic parts! :sideways tongue: :grin:

lol!!!

 

[YY1]

A cover band usually plays songs that many other bands/people wrote.

A tribute band usually plays songs excusive to one band, and sometimes even dresses like the band they are paying tribute to.

 

[CTMopar]

This horse has been beaten repeatedly. They are both cars created by people who can't be proud of what they have so they keep the same car and change the emblems to make themselves feel better. I know I am making people angry but I just have never understood it. Why is it that if you take your coronet and put a 383 in it and upgrade the suspension, thats not cool but if you do the same thing and add Super Bee trim the car is now better? It's still the same car! I for one enjoy seeing a Satellite or Coronet done up nice rather than pretending to be another Road Runner, GTX, Super Bee or R/T. Think of the last show/cruise that you went to. How many base models were there and not faked into something that they are not. I will use an example that I have used before from this summer. One of my favorite cars that I saw was a 70 base Satellite (318 car) with a 440 4 speed. The paint wasn't perfect and it had its flaws. This car got more attention and was talked about more than the RRs that were parked in the same line. When you look at the RRs you know what to expect for the most part. This was different and peopled loved that it was still "just" a Satellite. If you pull the emblems off and stand back 5 feet would the base look any different? My car had been stripped down from the fancier Spot Satellite to look like the plainer Road Runner. I am in the process of undoing this. My friends have said to me "I thought you wanted a Road Runner". I tell them that its the same body and the mechanical parts that are different are being upgraded anyways. One of my first changes was back to the flat hood. How many Satellites do you see that don't have a RR/GTX hood.
I am sorry if I offended anyone.

 

[bigredbird]

They are both cars created by people who can't be proud of what they have so they keep the same car and change the emblems to make themselves feel better.

On the other hand, they are cars painstakingly rebuilt over many years without the aid of assembly lines and 100 other workers, in a garage or driveway by one or two people, because they really like and appreciate Road Runners but (a) can't afford a $30,000 Road Runner but can afford to turn a $7,000 Satellite into a clone of one.

A slightly less insulting way of looking at things.

 

[CTMopar]

On the other hand, they are cars painstakingly rebuilt over many years without the aid of assembly lines and 100 other workers, in a garage or driveway by one or two people, because they really like and appreciate Road Runners but (a) can't afford a $30,000 Road Runner but can afford to turn a $7,000 Satellite into a clone of one.

A slightly less insulting way of looking at things.

I understand that a lot of hard work, sweat and money goes into these cars. I just don't see if you have all the same parts and the car basically looks identical what difference does the emblems make in how happy you are with the car. If its your car you still know that it's not a RR/GTX/SB or whatever it's cloned into. If I didn't want people to know that I only have a Satellite I think I would leave all insignias off. Most people would call it a Road Runner and I wouldn't be passing off as something it's not..

 

[64BEL]

There's a new guy who joined on here recently and he has a '70 Belvedere all built up bad-***. I thought it was neat that he kept the Belvedere name on it. Same thing with the guys with Satellites. I don't have a problem with converting over to a RR or GTX, but nothing to be ashamed of with the Satellites and Belvederes either. Same for Coronets - nothing wrong with that name in my book.

 

[68gtxman]

One of the great things about America and the car hobby is that we are free to do what we want with what we have. Just because someone's choices may not match your preferences doesn't make them wrong and you right. You do your thing and leave others to do theirs.

Most Chevy and Ford guys love stripping factory parts off their cars to replace them with chrome or billet. Does that make their cars lesser than the non-changed versions? I would think not.

 

[41husk]

I have a 69 Daytona cloned from a 69 RT/SE. I had a 73 Charger that I made a SuperBee tribute out of. they never made a 73 charger so it was not a 71 Charger cloned into a Bee. It was a 73 charger built in tribute to the 71 BEE

 

[CTMopar]

One of the great things about America and the car hobby is that we are free to do what we want with what we have. Just because someone's choices may not match your preferences doesn't make them wrong and you right. You do your thing and leave others to do theirs.

I agree, it's your car do what you want. I just don't understand it myself. There is a guy in my area that has a very nice RR that had a 440+6 with the lift off hood. It had custom rims and he has never said it's an A12. This guy come up to him at a cruise saying how nice the car is. When he corrects the guy that it is not an A12 the guy turns mid conversation and walks away. Thats not what it's all about.

 

[Ron 73]

This argument has been going on for as long as i can remember. My car came to me and titled one thing looking different. It had most all the body parts, the hood, rally dash, ect when i finished the car if it just would have had the satellite hood on it, id have left it alone and approached it differently with some type of stripes or decals, but i liked the look of the RR stripes on it and decided to go that route., i never did it to fool anyone, ive always made it plain what it really is, its not like im being dishonest about it, when i signed up here, i could have very well said meet my 73 RR, but i didn't and even after all this time, ive heard the comments i wouldn't have done it differently. Im building my car the way i want it, i refuse to build one the way others want it. If some, not all, but some would stop looking at the cars with dollar signs in there eyes, and start looking at them for the fun and excitement of having one that looks good and performs the way we want, it would be better. And for the record ive seen clones go for more money then the real ones, i also had a good chance of trading a guy my 73 for his 68RR, both clones, i didn't do it, this car is staying with me until im not here, i want a couple others but i will not get rid of this one to do it. I know they were only cars back in the day, but im having more fun with this one then i did back in the day with the real ones.

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See my signature....

I think "tribute" is a way for guys to try and avoid the word "clone." People who know what they're doing know that you can convert a Satellite into a RR if you add (and take off) the few parts that made them different. Clueless people think you slap a '73 stripe onto a '71 bird and presto, it's a "tribute" to a Road Runner. So it's all about reading the for-sale descriptions carefully and seeing how the seller thinks the word should be defined.

But even if a clone/tribute is done well, and "to spec," be aware that there are super-purists like RustyRatRod who will get out a magnifying glass and start checking the stamping numbers on the plastic parts! :sideways tongue: :grin:

NOW that is funny!!! lol

 

[HT413]

I call mine a tribute because it really only has hood and wheels of an A12 - it is not a painstakjng, detailed copy, which i would call a clone. I make th distinction out of respect for the effort some put into their clones, thats all.

 

[bigredbird]

Im building my car the way i want it, i refuse to build one the way others want it. If some, not all, but some would stop looking at the cars with dollar signs in there eyes, and start looking at them for the fun and excitement of having one that looks good and performs the way we want, it would be better...this car is staying with me until im not here

And seeing the great pix of her, Ron, I can totally understand why! That's a beautiful bird. :headbang:

 

[Ron 73]

Thanks and i think its a nice looking car, i have a lot of fun with it, i just don't see why "RM" has to make that much different i had 3 of them, I bought a under 20,000 mile just like new 69 RR back years ago for 800 bucks, sold it for 800 bucks a few years later, no big money back then for a car, should have kept it 30 years.