Numbers Matching Game
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Melting Slicks
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From: Sarasota Florida
Numbers Matching Game
Hello
First off, NO I did not do this to fool anyone. I bought it this way.. I knew it wasnt matching numbers and more concerned about any frame or birdcage RUST issues. Apparently, this was done in the late 80's to early 90' to make this Corvette worth more "money"...
Yes its a piece of metal that someone stamped the original numbers and JB welded to the replacement block (327 1962 Corvette) making it "matching numbers"
First off, NO I did not do this to fool anyone. I bought it this way.. I knew it wasnt matching numbers and more concerned about any frame or birdcage RUST issues. Apparently, this was done in the late 80's to early 90' to make this Corvette worth more "money"...
Yes its a piece of metal that someone stamped the original numbers and JB welded to the replacement block (327 1962 Corvette) making it "matching numbers"
Le Mans Master
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That idea doesn't even pass the sniff test. He might have had just as much luck applying a layer of JB on the pad and carving in the numbers with an exacto knife.
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They could have provided photos of the original block & pad in the car, to provide a more convincing trail of evidence between the car's current configuration and it's original options, but when did people start believing this kind of documentation was needed for a car with a 5000 model plus production run (in that option configuration)?
Before ~1980 if it was not a HP big block or FI engine a claim of original options did not raise many questions and for most buyers it did not matter (back then the reasoning was if the paperwork did not make the go faster, "who needs it").
Instructor
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From: Pennsylvania
That reminds of a 1962 corvette I looked at in the car corral of fall carlisle last year. On the steering column (where the Vin tag would normally be)there was a folded up piece of Aluminum Foil that some one placed over top of another cars vin tag rubbed the impression onto the foil and cut it to the same size and glued it to the steering column. It was the funnest most **** port attempt I have ever seen
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From: Park Bench #805 NE Indiana
That reminds of a 1962 corvette I looked at in the car corral of fall carlisle last year. On the steering column (where the Vin tag would normally be)there was a folded up piece of Aluminum Foil that some one placed over top of another cars vin tag rubbed the impression onto the foil and cut it to the same size and glued it to the steering column. It was the funnest most **** port attempt I have ever seen
You see and hear of every attempt in selling a car for top dollar.
