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That ones pretty obvious...yes, a restamp, but not factory done, I've been reproing fender tags, and other assorted tags, restamping blocks and transmissions, carbs, etc, etc for quite a few decades, most trying to re-stamp a casting, overly concern themselves with the font size, and shape, trying to match the factory "style",...but what the novice misses, or is not aware of is the "cut" of the stamp itself,...the factory (Chrysler in this case) always used "Sharp Faced" punch sets, even on "soft" castings like carbs,...the person that re-stamped this, while doing a decent job in font match, blew it by using a "Flat Faced" punch set, which is intended for aluminum or brass, etc, etc...that's the reason for the heavy "strike(s)", after the first blow, they realized the error, and decided to continue, albeit, a little heavy handed though... a Flat Face punch on cast iron is like using a butter knife to carve granite, even if they struck the pad clean, they blew it with the wrong punch face




Nice!