RESTAMPS R US...come get your restamped parts

[RamAirDave]

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What about changing a trim that has been fraudulently changed from the original configuration back to its original configuration? What about taking a fraudulent trim tag that had been changed from green to red back to the original green? What about changing a known fraudulent trim tag back to its original configuration, even if it is less desireable? Isn't that more honest than a known fraudulent tag as long as it is disclosed?

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Sure, that's all well and fine, but how often would/does that actually happen? And how would you definitively know the exact original configuration?

I have no problem with "clones", as long as they are done in appearance only. That's how I define them. Once the tags/numbers are manipulated, thats a different category IMO.

[L78steve]

Any restored car will have replaced parts.I don't see the difference between a re-stamped 837 and a repop set of valve covers both are fakes.But in this day and age when even decent people are asking $1500.00 for a 837 what choice do guys like me have?I have 2 cars in need of this alt.but can't justify spending that amount for a number.Anybody want to sell a couple cheap?I think not.So who is to blame here the re-stamper or the profiteer?

[John Brown]

How long can you wait till you find a 837? They still turn up. An 834 will fill the hole till you find the one you're looking for.....

[RamAirDave]

Depends on your priorities I guess. Are you more concerned with the appearance/function of an original part, or the #s that are stamped onto it?

I can see both sides of the issue. Me personally, I could care less about what # is on the part, just as long as it looks and works right. On the other hand, often times I restore cars for those that are hardcore #s guys. I can understand that as well.

I just don't see the necessity of stamping/tagging something that it is not.

[L78steve]

I have a re-stamp on one of the cars now and am probably going to get another.But my concern now is being considered a fraud.I can't see how a re-stamp could be considered anything more than a reproduction.A trim tag is a different matter all together. I only buy real cars but do put repop parts on them out of necessity.

[HiHorse]

Isn't it better to put a blank casting on rather than a restamp? Restamps are to fool people (judges, buyers etc). If I have no motive I would never waste my money to buy a restamped part.

[67 GTO]

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Isn't it better to put a blank casting on rather than a restamp?

[/ QUOTE ]Glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks that way!

My numbers-match 67 GTO had a Chevy 61-amp alternator on it. Figure with 81,XXX miles it only makes sense that it would have been replaced at some point, but I didn't like the fact that it's the WRONG one. I obtained two alternators, both stamped on different halves, and will be combining them to create a numberless alternator. This is, in my mind, "more correct" than the rather common 1100704, 37A alt even though a properly dated 'correct' original really wouldn't cost much either. The water pump had been replaced but I've rectified that too with a correct casting that doesn't have a date on it. Despite the fact that the originals are long gone these parts aren't "wrong" anymore and I'm not trying to fool anyone...

[HiHorse]

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I don't see the difference between a re-stamped 837 and a repop set of valve covers both are fakes.

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Restamping I would think is in a different category than a set of repop valve covers.