But he already HAS reproduced them, just decided not to offer them for sale!
The sheets Dave made (about 5 years ago it sounds like) have no affect on the hobby and no affect on the cars they were made for. No information on the sheet was guessed at or changed. They are basically a fancy color copy of an already existing sheet. An extra copy of a broadcast sheet has no affect on a car that already had a sheet with it. An extra copy of a broadcast sheet also has no affect on the future of the hobby. If someone else gets there hands on one of Dave's sheets in 50 years, even if it's not with the car anymore, because the codes on the sheet are exactly the same, it would be no different from having one of the many copies the factory made for each car.
Barry Washington said earlier in this thread that his definition of reproduction included nothing being changed or guessed at from original. These sheets meet that (and every other) definition. They are true reproductions.
Even if they don't always agree with each other 100%, Barry Washington, Galen Govier, & Dave Walden are the three people I trust to never change a cars documents. (I could probably add a few more to that list also, Scott Smith, Dan, etc...)
It sounds like Dave did a marvelous job selecting the correct paper, ink, & font, while also formatting and aging the document, but the real tell about a fake sheet will always be the information that goes in the blanks. Some options don't go with other options, and what was coded on the sheet along with how it was coded changed over time. Not just from year to year, but also early vs late in the year.
