Originally Posted by
FlatTop
As hard as it is to correctly restore a production car with its wealth of documentation, how much more difficult it must be to return to original a hot rod, or a racer that was campaigned for years. Rare speed equipment can be sourced, but what about handmade parts that are missing? Someone has to cast/forge/spin/mould those bits to make an "as new" one-of-a-kind car.
I can build a complere L88 Corvette from catalogs that an NCRS wouldn't be able tell was built in such a way except for the date codes and and other stamped numbers. In fact it's known that good forgers can replicate bock and head castings numbers with suprisingly good results.
An old joke is that Bloomington Gold and the NCRS have certified more L88's than were ever made.