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Old 06-15-2023, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by lowmile View Post
This is kind of like the bud light spokes person deal. From the beginning of restoring cars numbers matching meant original to the car. Some where along the line someone decide that a correctly restamped block could be a called numbers matching. I would call it a correctly stamped block not numbers matching. I figured I take one more swing at the horse corpse.
Agreed. Somewhere numbers matching morphed into correct date codes and restamps. Is that not like what Lynn said and the term "BORN-WITH" came into use?

I was speaking to a couple buddies who are also 'cart guys" and have been for years. One is even a friend and travelling buddy of Peter Klutt since BEFORE Legendary when he was The Shelby Shop. Anyway these guy don't follow the "trends" closely and I had to inform them, and show them this thread, that TODAY, numbers matching in NOT "born-with", but actually a different but correct date code and even restamp. They both were taken aback and was shocked that the hobby has moved like that.
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