[Tommy]

RodKnock,
I appreciate your frustration with the direction this thread has taken. So, I'll offer something to point it back in the original direction.

IMHO, there is a strong parallel between Real1's neverending effort to convince the world that his car was every bit as much a real Shelby Cobra as the one's built back in the 60's, and some in the Corvette world who would have you believe their car is more original than others because it has "matching numbers." There are strong indications that many "matching numbers" cars do not have all their original parts. Yet the people who want to sell them insist that a higher selling price is warranted because the numbers look right. People who buy a numbers matching car at an inflated price are then motivated to enthusiastically embrace the genuineness of their cars to protect their investment. ... Does that sound like anyone we know?