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Hey Wheelhop,

I really have no problem with a lot of the reproduction restoration parts. But when we start reproducing certain very rare items such as Oldsmobile D, F and H cylinder heads that becomes a problem. Now we are going to see numerous examples of cars being represented as legitimate W-30s when clearly they are not. In the past the cylinder heads made it at least a somewhat difficult proposition for the unscrupulous sellers to create super accurate clones because it was cost prohibitive and certain items were very difficult to find. With a set of 71 H Olds W-30 cylinder heads for example currently bringing prices north of 15K it made it at least difficult for many to create bogus cars. But now with these wonderful creations of D, F and H cylinder heads for a couple thousand dollars from Parts Joe we will see an incredible influx of very accurate clones being represented and sold as authentic W-30s. That is were the real rub of this comes in. I have NO problem with people trying to restore their cars accurately with high quality reproduction parts but unfortunately that is not where the story ends. Many people who are in this hobby today care about only one thing and that is MONEY. They do not care who they hurt or what they do as long as they come out on top with a lot of zeros at the end of their bank accounts