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Originally Posted by Liteweight
Very few of these factory built cars survived without the modifications that were done to keep them competitive. I believe it was these mods that kept these cars in the limelight of being the iconic badass cars they are today. As far as I am concerned, bringing a legit car back to day 1 status is complementing the people that made that car what it was back then, along with preserving a piece of racing history for many years to come.
Now, if someone retags or rebodys a car that is a whole different matter.
As far as I'm concerned, what identifies a car as what it came off the assembly line as, is it's OE stamping numbers & the panels they were stamped on. The rest is only sheet metal with part numbers.
the car below is a 1971 hemicuda convertible. VERY RARE car
It has been fully restored since because the numbers were still on the cowl & rad cradle ID'ing as one. It has been accepted by very notable, high end collectors as being today a real car. This is an extreme case but just used as an example.
liteweight
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As well as a few LO 23 darts out there currently with complete legit history lost body numbers with acid dipping,still recognized as original cars and still valued high .