I'm looking to buy a '63 coupe and would like to have a car that will meet NCRS standards. I am looking at a car with a NOM 340 hp but it has the correct casting dates. Does this meet standards and can the engine number be stamped on it, even though this is a NOM? This seems like it would be considered fraud.
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Re: Matching numbers
Mark------
Without starting another debate regarding the propriety of "restamping" a block, let me just say that if you have a block of the correcting casting number and correctly dated for your car, then you will garner the "lion's share" of judging points for the engine block. You will lose a significant number of points, but you will not lose the "lion's share" of points.
As far as whether the car meets "NCRS standards", the answer is definitely yes. However, it doesn't meet NCRS standards for a 100 point, as-delivered-from-the-factory car, but very few cars do.In Appreciation of John Hinckley -
Re: Matching numbers
If the engine has the correct casting date, the stamped numbers can be added and if correctly done will probably pass judging. It is possible to obtain a "Top Flight" recognition with a blank stamp pad. The only fraud would come into play if you later try to represent the car as an "original engine" vs matching numbers. To many people nowdays, there is little difference in value between a "matching numbers" and simply "period correct" engine configuration. There are far, far more matching numbers cars than there are original engine cars. People who purchased Vettes in the 50's and 60's did not usually store them away to become collector's items. They drove the hound out of them.Comment
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