[Licensed to kill]

IMO it's all silly semantics. The word "original" is not quantitative. It either is or it is not and i would feel comfortable saying that there are NO "original" Model A's left in the world. The word I would use is "stock". Not modified in any way. It's like hot rodders that say, "I built my car" or, my favourite "built not bought". If you started out with a car, you renovated it. You didn't BUILD it. Ford BUILT it (in the case of a model A). However, if it makes someone feel good to say they "built it" or that their car is "original", that's OK with me. It's none of my business what others want to call their rides. I just smile and nod. BTW, my first thought when I started to read this thread was an old saying in the black powder rendezvous circles, "I own Davey Crocketts personal original tomahawk. Over the years the head has been changed twice and the handle has been changed 4 times but it is Davey Crocketts personal original tomahawk". If you say so.