Another Trim Tag for the Books, X33

[Leonard1]

I see what you are saying, Rick, that would be a tough situation to be in. The car is always going to be called into question, imo, regardless of what he does.

Is having a repop tag made any different than stamping a new POP, if it were missing? I guess my question is: where is the line drawn? We are getting pretty deep into a gray area here.

[Lynn]

Rick:

While I understand your point, I must respectfully disagree. By that logic, what if I had a legitimate L78 car and during restoration the block fell of the engine stand and was damaged beyond repair? What do I do? Well, I get some guy to fake stamp another one, right? No. You put a legit L78 "correct but NOM" engine in and just live with the history of the car.

No doubt there are a few hard luck stories out there. Frankly I can't imagine "misplacing" a trim tag on a highly desirable car. That scenario can't represent more than a fraction of 1% of the cars out there. Hardly justifies the industry of "repro" tags that result in so many fake cars being misrepresented.

Just my 2 cents.

Lynn

[Rick H]

Lynn,
Some good points about the motor situation but in my opinion different then replacing a a lost tag. If you cracked the block do you throw away all of the other correct components?? Don't think so. You replace the block not the entire motor.

10 years ago when said individual started his restoration by scrapping pennies just how desirable was his car then? Or did he even have an idea his car was that rare or desirable. Probably not.

I talk to people all the time who said that 10-20 years ago they never had an idea what they had or imagined that their cars would be worth so much today so do you really think they cared about a little piece of metal with numbers stamped into it? I don't think so and I stand by that. That's my opinion.

Good argument though.

Rick H.