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Joel;
Thanks for the words of encouragement. Through this site I have met lots of great people & have really enjoyed the enthusiam shown. The knowledge & respect most of the members have shown me & towards others is great! I, like you have run into others, or heard of others that are 'authorities' & 'experts' on everything to do with these wonderful cars we love to own & hear about. I am at a loss why anyone would knowingly put out unfounded rumors about a car, unless they really are not'experts' or unless they have 1st had knowledge about a car. Of course there are those who want to state their opinion or belief that a car has been 're stamped' or the VIN tampered with, etc. etc, on a car that someone else has for sale and that person putting out this information has no intention of buying this car. This is real frustrating. If someone asks your opinion, by all means, give it, if not, pls. keep it to yourself. I took my white COPO to VF last month in order to get it judged, show the public what the car was & enjoy meeting fellow members. I think anyone who took the time to look at my car & find out the story on the car would agree it is a nice car with lots of great history & NOT what some folks had rumored it to be. Sorry for the babling on, as I said in an earlier post, you hate for someone to pick on your kids.