If it’s exactly like original, is it fake?

If it’s exactly like original, is it fake?

Absolutely not, if it's an exact copy of the original that you still own, nope. You can't fake a tag, try to get the VON number correct not to mention the option codes and lay out correct, good luck. Just like the butterscotch 71 HEMI Cuda automatic that is suppose to be auctioned at at MECUM next week, the cowl stamp is terrible and the fender tags are an awful attempt and totally fake.

from what what i heard the son is running it and he is 2 to 4 months backed up.

If it’s exact, identical, letter for letter, tell me how you could tell the difference? I have talked with people, he has the original dies and stamps that were used. He only makes one IF it has a build sheet, ibm card or original rusted or damaged tag.

If someone makes an exact copy of an old painting, using the exact materials that the original artist used - do you consider it as a fake or a reproduction?

In the art world its called a forgery.

Owning a forgery, on the other hand is unfortunate. Forgeries are defined as works deliberately made to resemble style, technique and manner of certain painter, in order to deceive prospective buyers. They are made to trick, and as such

I always find this topic humorist and usually hypocritical too. So what else on the car is a forgery. The restoration of the alternator and the stamping of diodes, the Voltage regulator and all the other ink stamp, labels and date code stamps used to make it look original? Carburetor parts? The actual paint, let alone reproduction parts made overseas with part numbers cast in? You name it and it is copied, and detailed to look OEM new. But they are "excepted" forgeries. So that is ok. The Data tag is not in the hobby. The paper work is king, how the data tag became such a think, is a little bizarre to me since it was exposed metal and can easily be rusted or removed and lost.

how the data tag became such a think, is a little bizarre to me since it was exposed metal and can easily be rusted or removed and lost.

Some folks are stupidly judgemental of vehicles that don't have a tag.

Only way to stop is to put a tag on.

The vin will tell you, "you've got a 1969 Hemi road runner built at X plant".
For many of us, that is really enough to start with and we can figure out the rest.

Elitist snobs aren't ever happy with just the VIN, they will lose their minds that you can't prove it was an original 4 speed car or whatever detail they choose,
because there is no tag.

To some extent, putting a car up for sale invites that activity. But I've seen it happen on display vehicles that were not for sale.

A repro tag puts a stop to most of that.