King,
On THIS car, fact is, if it indeed it were a 'real L-89' the price would have been well beyond $125,000.[$1,000,000 was hyperbole, no?] I believe I saw a L-89 Conv CORE [real] sell somewhere within the last year for approx that kind of $$ and it need full restoration..[another $60K+].
I have read discussions, here I believe, that numbers matching can no longer be construed as 'born with'.
Wordsmithing is an art form. I wish it wasn't that way but unless you have documentation, a car, to me MUST be taken as a clone unless otherwise authenticated. And like I said in talking with the owner of THIS car, I felt it was clear, in a 'wordsmithing' 2007 kind of way, the car was un documented...emphasis on UN ]
If the eventual owner of this car wanted a #1 clone and wanted to have a quality shop build it for him from scratch...you can't tell me they could build a nicer one a whole lot cheaper than that kind of money with good parts on a rust-free core [Gold 307].
Then you tell me would you have for this spring? Next spring?
If the car was so obviously a clone, I'm sure the buyer was aware. We have no way of knowing what he paid for it. What it was worth to us doesn't have to jive with what it was worth to him...and like I said. Go build one for less.
Again just my opinion, but I have gone beyond not trusting people. All cars are fake unless proven otherwise.
To get all excited over a fake trim tag on a car that is priced for half of what a real one is worth and the owner pretty much tell's you the same thing...it's a duck.
BTW, King, I see your stuff on e-bay...what's all that L-89 stuff worth? Right heads, 4 bolt block [even without a stamp] Dist, Alt, Carb,Smog...ain't cheap is it? Then build it[machine shop] with a four speed with a four hundred dollar shifter handle...Maybe I feel his pain as I build my Hurst Olds...
