Should a car stand on it's own merit?

[Hylton]

A recent thread has made me realize that there are two camps in the collector car hobby: Those who believe that a car should stand on it's own merit and it's history can be researched and or published and those who think if it's not your car, it's none of your damn business.

Personally I fall under the former category as I know my cars have a past and other people who have owned them have just as much right to talk about "the old car" as myself.

As someone who is constantly searching for history on my car(s), I would like nothing better than for someone to come out and publicly state what they know or remember about it. I figure it would only help document my car.

Any thoughts?