You are not confused Steve. It is just that some of us found many of these anomalies years ago and elected to 'do our own thing' and just accepted the pointy fingers and negativity from some quarters.

Whenever you write up 'rules' there are always exceptions and developments and most people have either a broad knowledge but no real depth, or a deep knowledge and no real breadth!

I don't believe there is anyone anywhere who can cover the whole spectrum of classics and historics in depth as well as breadth. Some, such as yourself, never fail to astound me with their knowledge and Mike's intimate knowledge of Z's is mind boggling but he probably can't give you any real depth on say TVR's or Maseratis. The same applies to the H & Commission. A real mix of talented knowledge, but even their combined wisdom can only go so far.