Re: Bogus trim tags for sale...
It is DISINGENUOUS, that we do not require a "recall" on all C2's Top Flighted (not to mention those cars having achieved Duntov honors) at the regional or national level, which were garnered within a certain "window". Let's say, for the ten year period before NCRS judges became fully versed in the interpretation of the Grenning/Sinor Trim Tag publication. Trim tag production had gone through many gestations during that time. Trim tag reproduction had reached the point of "high art", and were not detectable, even under magnification!
We owe it to the Membership..................and to potential buyers.
We are selling NCRS "CONFIRMATION" certificates for $300.00, right?
What of Mister Gullible, the owner of a Duntov awarded hypothetical red/red 1967 427/435 Corvette, who LEGITIMATELY believes that his car is authentic, having purchased it in 2001, from Mister Slimeball, with a reproduction trim tag in place, which he was not aware of. What if this car was Duntov awarded in, let's say, the year 2000. The state of the judging art, in the year 2000, would have easily allowed such a car to "slip through". So now, Mister Rich Speculator, a potential buyer, purchases the $300.00 Magic Bullet for this car in 2009. He ends up buying the Corvette (one of only 10 red/red '67's with the optional atomic cigar lighter) from Mister G for $350,000.00.
Wow! Now the car has a verifiable history, right? So now Mister Rich Speculator has his $350,000.00 commodity judged in 2010, and, BANG......the car gets busted for a repro tag. OOOOHHHHHHHH
, the shame of it all. The tragedy. The deception. The profit. The lawsuit(s).
The horror....................the horror.
It is DISINGENUOUS, that we do not require a "recall" on all C2's Top Flighted (not to mention those cars having achieved Duntov honors) at the regional or national level, which were garnered within a certain "window". Let's say, for the ten year period before NCRS judges became fully versed in the interpretation of the Grenning/Sinor Trim Tag publication. Trim tag production had gone through many gestations during that time. Trim tag reproduction had reached the point of "high art", and were not detectable, even under magnification!
We owe it to the Membership..................and to potential buyers.
We are selling NCRS "CONFIRMATION" certificates for $300.00, right?
What of Mister Gullible, the owner of a Duntov awarded hypothetical red/red 1967 427/435 Corvette, who LEGITIMATELY believes that his car is authentic, having purchased it in 2001, from Mister Slimeball, with a reproduction trim tag in place, which he was not aware of. What if this car was Duntov awarded in, let's say, the year 2000. The state of the judging art, in the year 2000, would have easily allowed such a car to "slip through". So now, Mister Rich Speculator, a potential buyer, purchases the $300.00 Magic Bullet for this car in 2009. He ends up buying the Corvette (one of only 10 red/red '67's with the optional atomic cigar lighter) from Mister G for $350,000.00.
Wow! Now the car has a verifiable history, right? So now Mister Rich Speculator has his $350,000.00 commodity judged in 2010, and, BANG......the car gets busted for a repro tag. OOOOHHHHHHHH


The horror....................the horror.

Comment