Shop busted for restamping numbers

[XS22J8R]

A shop actually got busted for this practice. I figure a good % of the claimed #s match engines and trans are likely restamped by now. First time I heard of someone getting prosecuted for it though.
Marathon County classic car business owner convicted in restoration scheme

 

[Dakar Timm]

He still got off with a slap on the wrist

 

[padam]

Some chump with too much bloody money was paying extra for original stamps, but got new ones?

With everything going on in the world right now, how can anyone give a flying f$&@?

 

[HawkRod]

Some chump with too much bloody money was paying extra for original stamps, but got new ones?

With everything going on in the world right now, how can anyone give a flying f$&@?

The shop committed fraud by illegally stamping a block and trying to pass it off as an original factory piece. Whether the person who bought it was a chump with too much money is irrelevant. Maybe he was a great, down to earth guy and it was his dream that he had saved for years to achieve? Maybe he was a rich, stuck up snob? Either way, it doesn't matter, the fault is with the shop, not the buyer.

In my opinion, this kind of fraud is bad for the hobby as a whole. I too, feel like the shop got off with a slap on the wrist.

 

[padam]

The shop committed fraud by illegally stamping a block and trying to pass it off as an original factory piece. Whether the person who bought it was a chump with too much money is irrelevant. Maybe he was a great, down to earth guy and it was his dream that he had saved for years to achieve? Maybe he was a rich, stuck up snob? Either way, it doesn't matter, the fault is with the shop, not the buyer.

In my opinion, this kind of fraud is bad for the hobby as a whole. I too, feel like the shop got off with a slap on the wrist.

That’s because it probably seemed ridiculous to the judge.

The whole matching number thing seems a little like fairy dust, crypto currency, or tulip bulbs to me. If it weren’t for “the hobby” it’s value would be zero.

 

[padam]

Anyone with half a brain knows this country’s resources would be better spent trying to figure out how to get a consistent launch with a clutch car on slicks.