[EZ Nova]

Unfortunately guys, the $$$ got in the way of the hobby/passion for these cars.

I started this thread to inform those about a very strong feeling I had that this certain "69 COPO Chevelle has at least a re-stamped engine and possible trans. There are doubts on the body, but that's another issue???? I just see this as FRAUD if you knowingly re-stamp an engine and pass it off as "numbers matching". I think it's no different then swapping VIN tags. If I went out and stole a COPO car, changed the tags then sold it as one of the "lost" COPO's, how is that any different then if I stole the same COPO, kept the body, and re-stamped the engine to one of the lost COPO cars???? Or maybe I should re-stamp my 052 block and pass it on to someone as an "original" '69 ZL-1 block out of a long lost car???
see my point.

NOw on these so-called experts that look at cars. Well maybe today there pretty good with internet and other ways to get data. But I will tell you a story about a past friend of mine:

Seems many years ago, (hell 15-20 years anyway) he heard and stumbled across a GT-350 COUPE. YES COUPE not a fastback. Seems the car was local to us and he thought, being a big Ford guy, he would check it out. The story I got is the car had been stilling for years. Guess it had been raced, there was some sort of issues so the owner was working on it in a shop/garage. Well something happened and the owner never got back to fixing the car. Not sure if he lost interest, died or what. So when my friend went to look at it, he said it was like a time capsule. Tools on the fender, hood up, parts on the floor and off the motor. So my friend bought it. Fully restored it and took it to the big Shelby show in the states. WELL the so called "experts" were all over him saying this is for "authentic" cars and not this made-up clone. That is till Carol heard about it. He came over to see it and all the experts were sating how Shelby never had these and that the records didn't any. Well Carol spoke up and said "MAN, I haven't seen one of these in YEARS". He then went over the car and CAROL authenticated it, not the experts. Carol said they tried 6 COUPE for racing. He thought they were destroyed racing but a coupe DID make it out to customer. THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.

So it just goes to show you, you can't always know what you have or what the experts think they know. SOME of these things did happen, RARE but it did. The world would have lost this particular GT350 if it wasn't for Carol being the one to say "YES it's real"!!!!