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A fender tag most certainly WAS NOT intended to document originality. Rather an ID of the basic trim, paint, and options. Most (all) fender tags do not have every option the car was born with included.

Also disagree with your underlining pedigree statement. That is why one owner documented original can sometimes bring more money than a restored car of equivalent pedigree, but without the as born parts.

So where does redrawing chalk and crayon marks fall? Clearly you can not recreate the exact marks and location a human placed them? Isn't that fraudulent, similar to fake art paintings?

I agree with this is a personal choice thing. I do take issue with those that want to call it fraud, when there is no intent to deceive and if the car is sold it is disclosed. Wonder how many folks disclose the bondo in the car, or the replaced fender, hood, etc... when they advertise it as factory original numbers matching. Seems like a car is only factory original once, unless it is placed in storage before the first consumable part requires replacement. G



Don't confuse originality with pedigree.





Your the one that stated a fender tag proves originality in a previous post. I am just stating that was not it's intend. If so it would probably have been rivet on the dash like the VIN tag too. There have been plenty of dash frames, with radiator supports and fender tags moved to different cars.

It is just too easy to move those parts to a donner car.

If your really after originality you have to look for an awful lot of casting numbers, part numbers with corresponding date stamps matched up to your car. And not the plus or minus 6 month stuff.

I value original over non original or repop too. But I also understand folks taking a car and trying to make it whole.