Maybe a delicate topic here, but perhaps a previous owner willingly acknowledged the pad was a restoration…good for them if they did…no harm no foul, if so in my book.
Important, slightly reworded excerpts of what’s on Page 13 of the JRM 9th edition state the following:
….RESTORE: “To renew; to put back into existence or bring back to a former or original state.”
The following would be examples of restorations…
Vs. “To make an imitation of something else with the intent to wrongfully deceive or defraud”
The following would be examples of that:
Important, slightly reworded excerpts of what’s on Page 13 of the JRM 9th edition state the following:
….RESTORE: “To renew; to put back into existence or bring back to a former or original state.”
The following would be examples of restorations…
- Repainting an original black Corvette with black lacquer paint
- Installing accurately reproduced black vinyl seat covers in a car that left the factory with standard black interior
- Stamping a 435-HP block to conform to the date/serial number of the original 435HP Corvette in which it is to be installed
Vs. “To make an imitation of something else with the intent to wrongfully deceive or defraud”
The following would be examples of that:
- Repainting an original blue car red and changing the trim tag to make red appear to be the original color
- Installing a red interior in a car that left the factory with a blue interior and changing the trim tag to make red appear to be the original color interior
- Replacing the engine of an original small-block Corvette with a big block and stamping numbers on it to make it appear to be an original big-block engine
- Replacing the carburetor on an engine with a fuel-injection unit and stamping the numbers and suffix code on the block to make it appear to be an original fuel-injection car
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