Odometer reading after restoration

Back in the early 70s, my friends and I hung around a local used car lot. I remember hearing that a sure way to tell the mileage had been rolled back was the numbers wouldn't be lined up properly.
I have had several vehicles that would roll over 100,000 and show zero miles and my numbers were always still lined up.

It's when they get in there with their dental tools and roll the numbers on the odometer back to a lower more desirable mileage, making the cars easier to sell.

This is when the numbers would not line up, after forcing them backwards against their original design rotation.

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