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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 08:58 PM
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What is the name and phone # of the best person to restamp a block and where is he located?
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 09:02 PM
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What are your goals with this forgery
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 09:03 PM
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His name is Satan, and he's located in Hell.
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 09:10 PM
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Gee, what if he is the original owner of his car and needs to get the block decked, and has taken photos of his engine pad to verify it's originality?
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 09:13 PM
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Gee, what if he is the original owner of his car and needs to get the block decked, and has taken photos of his engine pad to verify it's originality?
Then he needs to find a new machine shop that knows how and when to deck a block
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 09:17 PM
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http://engineslimited.com/cms/ Many, many, many Top Flight/Bloomington Gold cars have engines from Randy with zero deducts for the pad.

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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 128racecar
Gee, what if he is the original owner of his car and needs to get the block decked, and has taken photos of his engine pad to verify it's originality?
Exactly!
that's what he is!
Of course!
stupid us, thinking otherwise.
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 10:51 PM
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Jeez! Probably not a good place to ask this question.
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 1snake
http://engineslimited.com/cms/ Many, many, many Top Flight/Bloomington Gold cars have engines from Randy with zero deducts for the pad.
Hadn''t heard of that shop before. Interesting that he works with NCRS in order to get his machine work up to their judging standards, including broach marks.
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 1snake
http://engineslimited.com/cms/ Many, many, many Top Flight/Bloomington Gold cars have engines from Randy with zero deducts for the pad.
He can sure restamp your pad, but I wouldnt hold my breath that there are no deducts or other defects.....
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by captdk
What is the name and phone # of the best person to restamp a block and where is he located?
Anyone near Houston,TX?
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 1snake
http://engineslimited.com/cms/ Many, many, many Top Flight/Bloomington Gold cars have engines from Randy with zero deducts for the pad.

Thanks for info!
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Boyan
He can sure restamp your pad, but I wouldnt hold my breath that there are no deducts or other defects.....
Randy does EXCELLENT work. Great person to deal with. His pads have passed judging with flying colors !!
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 08:23 AM
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I won't be looking for or paying for numbers matching cars anymore.
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 08:31 AM
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by 1snake
http://engineslimited.com/cms/ Many, many, many Top Flight/Bloomington Gold cars have engines from Randy with zero deducts for the pad.
I second that.
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 65GGvert
I won't be looking for or paying for numbers matching cars anymore.
Smart move. Apparently a large number are driving cars with re-stamped blocks of varying quality anyway. Kind of hard to fault someone for wanting to join the crowd. We don't get overly excited over date-coded replacement glass, replacement radiators, or repro exhaust manifolds - just engine blocks. Unless he tries to pass it off as the assembly line installed original engine - I don't care. And the fact that he or a successive owner might just underscores paying a high premium for a supposedly original motor is a very risky and possibly disappointing endeavor.
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 09:29 AM
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My cars have "matching numbers" just because that's what was in them when I made my purchase. I didn't go out hell-bent, loaded for bear looking for matching numbered cars - not my first priority in a purchase... And, anybody buying a matching numbers, big money BB without documented provenance back to Moses deserves what they get...
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[QUOTE=1snake;1592721158]http://engineslimited.com/cms/ Many, many, many Top Flight/Bloomington Gold cars have engines from Randy with zero deducts for the pad.[/QUOTE

Just because a pad does not receive a deduct does not necessarily mean that it is not undetectable. Just sayin.

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