RESTAMPS R US...come get your restamped parts

[L78steve]

I have a re-stamp on one of the cars now and am probably going to get another.But my concern now is being considered a fraud.I can't see how a re-stamp could be considered anything more than a reproduction.A trim tag is a different matter all together. I only buy real cars but do put repop parts on them out of necessity.

[HiHorse]

Isn't it better to put a blank casting on rather than a restamp? Restamps are to fool people (judges, buyers etc). If I have no motive I would never waste my money to buy a restamped part.

[67 GTO]

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Isn't it better to put a blank casting on rather than a restamp?

[/ QUOTE ]Glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks that way!

My numbers-match 67 GTO had a Chevy 61-amp alternator on it. Figure with 81,XXX miles it only makes sense that it would have been replaced at some point, but I didn't like the fact that it's the WRONG one. I obtained two alternators, both stamped on different halves, and will be combining them to create a numberless alternator. This is, in my mind, "more correct" than the rather common 1100704, 37A alt even though a properly dated 'correct' original really wouldn't cost much either. The water pump had been replaced but I've rectified that too with a correct casting that doesn't have a date on it. Despite the fact that the originals are long gone these parts aren't "wrong" anymore and I'm not trying to fool anyone...