Hi Rich.
A real car with real body is the only way to go. IMO
I will post my opinion on the ease of restamping the VIN by the filter, hopefully without causing too much of a disturbance.
It is way to easy!!! The difficulty is a myth.
They count on the buyers not knowing what to look for.
1)Start with a "CE" block for the best result (no Vin stamp by filter).
2)Deck/rebroach block.
3)Rent gang stamp sets from sellers in Hemmings
4)Restamp block
5)Return stamp set
6)You magically now have a numbers matching block.
The good news is that "CE" blocks are usually easy to identify.
There are are a few other types of blocks that work better
for "restamping" for certain models of cars, but they have a much higher intial cost for the "donor" block.
Buyers should always know what they are looking at and how to tell if it real before making the purchase.
Sorry for rambling on about an off topic subject. Just tried to answer Rich's question about the ease of block stamping.
Hey Rob, I will send you the checklist for block switches
and what to look for next week.
Later,
Eric