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i agree, but the deal is that 99% of these cars are so well done , you cant and wont ever be able to tell the difference. they are cutting out the sequence numbers and welding them in place of the old ones to the point its impossible to tell. its so easy to do with these cars. there is no carfax on them or any other real way to prove otherwise other than sheer luck that someone knows differently.

if you came across an A12 or a hemicuda that was rusted beyond belief that had the dash still in it and clear paperwork for free, are you going to pass it up or are you going to drag it home only to replace every single part of it except for the dash ? by the time its ready for paint, you would have replaced 99% of what was there to begin with.



This has happen to me around 1990. AAR Cuda in Nebraska, missing engine and trans and rusted to the ground. Fender tag, Vin and the guy held the title to the car. It never would have been a matching number car, but if you wanted to you could have got the car and found a 70 body without to much looking. After all its was 1990 and cars were still around if you looked. I passed. It was wrong then and it is still wrong.
I will agree that if you want to make a fake and you have more knowledge than me about the car you are making, then me and lots of other people would not know if the car is real or not. this discussion is just what has helped make the Corvette hobby somewhat jack-up. More 427/435 horse vette's now that Chevy built in 67.
also paperwork plays a big part of the deal. If you can trace the car back through the owners, that will help. Most people will not go through the trouble to fake a car that they can't make big money on. Knowledge is power in this and many other hobbies. I know this sounds very opinionated, but it is the way I see it....