Bloomington Gold is the company who has the patent on "Survivor".
They are a for profit operation, because of this, their popularity has declined a bit recently.
Bloomington Gold's new owner- Dana Mecum, wants to protect his interests, and he is mostly interested in selling cars.
The way that NCRS does the numbers thing, has taken away a lot of the importance of the actual stamp pad.
A good thing really...
It is nice to have your original engine, but you can still do very well in NCRS judging without it.
At Carlisle last year, I saw a car for sale - no motor/no trans, had a sign calling it "matching numbers"
When I asked the seller? He said simply with a straight face:
"the VIN number, matches the title"
It has become such a generic term these days,
that it really does not mean a thing anymore.
