Bogus Tank sticker?
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bkvette3, Yours definitely appears authentic, as does the one from Faster Rat. Look at the variation in discoloration and weathering. The original one in this post is a fake that I am pretty certain I could reproduce in Photoshop without much difficulty.
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Was thinking that as well. I have enough design software to make it look like the real ones. The original post is fake IMO and a poor attempt at it.I have done a fair amount of photo restoration over the last 20+ years as a graphic designer. I started looking back at some of the torn up and aged original photos I worked with over the years, and I can't find a single one that looks anything like the consistent paper discoloration on that build sheet. The edges are all wrong for an aged, brittle piece of paper.
Notice on the photo BK posted - some of the torn edges are smooth from being subjected to weather and time, others have a feathered look to them. This is consistent with the photos in my archives.
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Yeppers. It is supposed to be the date the order for the new Corvette was received at St. Louis. "Expected Production Date" in the block next to it sometimes does not have a date since the actual assembly of the car could be several weeks after the order was received.
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I have my original 69 427 tank sticker and it looks nothing like the one Gary posted. Mine is consistent with the others that have been posted. Mine is so fragile I store it in a zip lock bag pressed between a book and I have not touched it in years!!
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The original docs that ya'll have posted have data that is missing from the sticker in question. Without that info, the sheet cannot be authenticated. And that is only one of the problems with it. FAKEY, FAKEY
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It's hard enough finding these cars original let alone worrying if some
fool doctored it up on top of that.
I looked at quite a few c-3's before buying my '68 BB.
There are allot of bastardized cars already, then we gotta contend with fakes too.
I personnally would shy as far away from any HI DOLLAR car sold by any agency because I would not feel I have the confidence nor expertise to ever convince myself I purchased what was represented.
Sometimes that rural find that needs paint is exactly what it is an old orig. car that needs paint.
I saw this kind of fraud allot when I was in the military collectors world.
It turns actual collectors/historians off big time.
Anytime some dirtbag can make a buck on some unsuspecting buyer lookout
Marshal
It's hard enough finding these cars original let alone worrying if some
fool doctored it up on top of that.
I looked at quite a few c-3's before buying my '68 BB.
There are allot of bastardized cars already, then we gotta contend with fakes too.
I personnally would shy as far away from any HI DOLLAR car sold by any agency because I would not feel I have the confidence nor expertise to ever convince myself I purchased what was represented.
Sometimes that rural find that needs paint is exactly what it is an old orig. car that needs paint.
I saw this kind of fraud allot when I was in the military collectors world.
It turns actual collectors/historians off big time.
Anytime some dirtbag can make a buck on some unsuspecting buyer lookout
Marshal
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And another ...Here's mine from my 69vert
my delivery dat say 8/?5/05
and this car has been in my garages for 23years whats that all about ?......s
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my delivery dat say 8/?5/05
and this car has been in my garages for 23years whats that all about ?......s
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FWIW-My 69/L46 sticker, removed from the tank by me (and notarized as such) in 1999. You can see after 30 years it looks nothing like the one in the first post.
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