[ddzapper]

I am brand new to this forum - this is my first post. I am currently looking for a 67-70 big block Chevelle and try to read as much as possible concerning these cars. My problem is that I am not an expert in this field - I am lucky enough to be able to finally afford one of these cars after raising a family and getting the kids out of the house. My take on any auction house is that if they are going to accept the huge commissions that come with these misrepresented cars - then they need to be the police of their own auction house. If a car is represented as COPO or ZL1 or whatever, then that car needs to be certified as such. The cost of this should originally be borne by the owner who wants to sell it as such. If this was done with every car that was sold, the cars would probably sell for more than enough money to cover that additional cost because the buyer knows that he is getting a "certified" car. Each seller would be required to do this before it could be sold as such. If he didn't want to do it - fine - let the market decide where the price should be. After several years, there would exist a large database of certified cars that would make the industry a lot safer to a rookie buyer like myself. This isn't an overnight fix, but it is sure better than what exists now. Yes, there would be some glitches, but everything can be solved if enough thought is put into it.