[Steve Shauger]

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yeah lowmile that may be so. However, this hobby is dynamic-- People move, sell, die off, etc., and the cars find their way back out into the world in a myriad of different ways.



My personal feeling is that I don't think you can stop it. Period, end of story. These cars are too numerous. Mass-produced, modular builds-- One right after the other. Same body as a base V-8 houses an aluminum 427. Used cars that became give-aways for a long time that turned into investments in portfolios. Now every X44 that is unearthed for a given time spread has the potential of being a COPO. And in the right skilled hands, that junkyard find with the right heater box, engine mounts, and hole in the firewall theoretically is a COPO. Kinda crazy if you ask me, as I'm stupid, and I could pull this COPO fix-up off over a weekend with the right old parts laying around.

The NCRS is a great example of the machine being bigger than the man. Specifically (and I guess this is open for debate as well), in no one marque is numbers-fluffing more rampantly spread than the Corvettes, and the NCRS finally had to adopt re-stamps and switch-a-roos as part of the hobby.

Anywhere there's the potential of money to be made, this is what happens. And it's not Drew's fault. Just the way it is my friends...

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No one is saying its Drews fault period. We are having a dialog attempting to reduce bogus cars from becoming the status quo. He has an interest in this regard, by protect his business and clients when possible.