[Steve Shauger]

In my opinion if you have the experience, expertise and a data base of unrestored cars and stamping examples then you put yourself in a position to make an educated determination as to the validity of a cars stampings. Not every case is cut and dried, however if I certify or advertise a car as born with drivetrain, then I am absolutely sure of my finding.

I rather buy a car or component where the seller is stating born-with, because they are convinced because of their expertise or an expert they hired to make that statement of its originality. Is it an absolute, no, but then what is. There are a lot of variables and detective work that goes into validating a car or its components.