All that was left of the tank sticker on my 70 was about a 3/4 " peice of blank paper . There is nothing wrong with reproducing a tank sticker or any other part to replace a missing original part . IF you are restoring not creating.It would be nice if this person would require proof that what is being made is real and not made up.My objection is making the paper work look old. you dont restore to look old...In my opion the only reason you would make a tank sheet look30+ years old is to decive someone ( judge or buyer).The restorer or seller should remember ALL cars have a history and when your BB/FI car traces back to the original owner and he tells you it was a 300 PG somebodys gonna get sued.Buyer/restorer/seller beware .I do like the idea of being able to replace my missing tank sheet with a REPRODUCTION of the original.I say let him have his link. Bill
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Will that be Rare, Medium, Well Done or Aged Sir? *NM*
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since we are talking about tank stickers
I was looking at the tank sticker on the 67 today and noticed that power steering is not on it. the car has power steering, so I did some checking and
the car has all the brackets and the power steering type alternator mount.
and the power steering pump and pulley look to be correct.
I wonder if the guy that baught the car new may have had the dealer install it
when he baught it?
jayComment
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Re: Why would an aged Tank Sticker spook NCRS?
Why would an aged Tank Sticker spook NCRS? My opinion is that because it gives the real *****s yet another way to add credibility to a bogus car. As someone else suggested, if repro tank stickers are welcomed, why not repro Top Flight certificates or even Duntov's.......Hey, get your Duntov Award right here, only $12.95. I'm not sure they actually "spook the NCRS", but they sure as hell spook me. In '88 or '89 there was a red 67 L89 offered for sale at the car corral in Bloomington, as well as in Hemmings for the bargain price of $150K by a dealer from Nebraska. A friend who I made the trip with had his B. Gold 67 435 there for the first or second time depending on which year it was. He was ready to plop down the 150 large for this car, based largely on the display of the tank sticker and the dealer's assurance that the car was legit. I talked him out of it and came home and did some research. Without the aid of a neighbor with the FBI who was a car guy, I doubt that we would've found the history, because the trail otherwise was cold. My neighbor was able to come up with the MSO and the name of the original selling dealer, who incredibly still had paperwork upstairs.......original small block car and white if my memory serves. I hope none of you guys ended up with it. I promised the Nebraska dealer by phone that if the car ever surfaced I'd furnish the owner with the details, yet he continued to advertise it in Hemmings "with tank sticker". The problem with repro tank stickers is there's no way to require compliance with original configuration. Tank sticker forgeries are nothing new, but for the NCRS to welcome repro's with open arms I think is a mistake. More and more states purge their motor vehicle records on a scheduled basis now and searches become more and more difficult. Everybody doesn't have access to the Federal data bank which lists all MSO's from whenever MSO's came into being. As time goes on and the trails become harder to trace and previous owners are deceased, forgeries will continue to dilute the rarity of the remaining real cars in my opinion.Comment
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Re: Why would an aged Tank Sticker spook NCRS?
Norris, I couldn't have said it better. This reproduction paperwork across the board is a real threat to the Corvette hobby, in my opinion.Comment
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Re: since we are talking about tank stickers
Looks like your question got left out, Jay. There's a chance the guy may have had power steering installed at the dealer. But if you know the tank sticker you have is the correct and original one that was on your Corvette then what it's telling you is that your Corvette was not supposed to be equipped with PS when it was built at St. Louis. But "mistakes" have happened and there's a lot that can be read into the "documentation". Tbarr #24014Comment
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