Chevelle P-O-P questions

[ChrisS]

I have in storage a '67 427/435 Corvette roadster with documentation that has been in my family since the day it was purchased new from Douglass Chevrolet. The original P-O-P has a printing error in the engine code. It reads TO525HEH and should have been T0525JEH. I've been told by several "experts" this was not uncommon.
There is a guy in Florida who sets up a swap space at a couple of Corvette events each year who has acquired the original P-O-P tooling and now reproduces them for $250. I've seen one of his and it is indistinguishable from the original (at least as far as mid-years),whereas the reproduction trim tags and order copies (build sheet) are generally noticeably different from the originals but in varying degrees depending on the reproducer. Most Bloomington/NCRS judges have agreed that the P-O-P has become one of the least reliable forms of ORIGINAL documentation.