Jimjim nelson wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/281305092337?ss ... 1423.l2648
That car is not the same car as the one I sold. After reading the description, my built-in BS meter went tilt!
Regards
Jim
Jimjim nelson wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/281305092337?ss ... 1423.l2648
I wouldn't call them numbers-matching at all. I would say they were cars with factory-documented history, which is an entirely different subject. Documented history can be just as important as original matching numbers...it's all part of the story, but a different part.Roy Lock wrote:Emil, no arguments with what you believe.
Then there are the cases of cars that had their color changed by dealers. I once worked with a guy who bought a new 912. The original color was Bali Blue. They could not sell it so they repainted it Polo Red. He did not discover this until many years later. Would that be numbers matching?
Then there are the cars which had engine swaps at dealers prior to initial sale. Those are recorded on the Kardex. I have examples of Kardex's that show this. Same for KD engines.
To me all these examples would be numbers matching.... As long as they can prove factory involvement with the work.
Craig, et Al, before you guys jump on the bash Roy bandwagon, let me refresh you what I was responding to. I DO NOT advocate this. I was only giving an example of how if you follow this definition, we would not have any numbers matching cars. I'm not the guy advocating this. As a matter of fact, if you had read the rest of what I posted you would see that I gave another example of how the factory made many of types of changes that would make it fall out of the "numbers matching" criteria, not my criteria, but some one else's.Emil Wojcik wrote:Numbers matching means the way it originally left the factory. Any replacements after that, even if done by the factory the day after it originally left the factory, are not the original parts, therefore not numbers matching.
Roy, when I posted the above comment I had made the assumption (obviously an incorrect assumption based on your follow-up comments) that everyone would realize I was referring to parts that were numbered by the factory and are referenced in the car's original paperwork. Sorry I didn't make that clear the first time.Emil Wojcik wrote:Numbers matching means the way it originally left the factory. Any replacements after that, even if done by the factory the day after it originally left the factory, are not the original parts, therefore not numbers matching.