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My dad always had & loved Corvettes. We owned a fairly rare '69 big block in the early '80s that must have blown the engine when it was still very new, and it had a ''69 or '70 dated CE block that might have even been replaced under warranty since the car was so new when it lost the original block. It was always looked down apon in the local club because it was not "original" even though it was well know that one of the members with the means to do so had restamped his big block as well as everyone elses in the club that he was friends with. And to top it off, it was the guys with the re-stamped blocks that were the biggest offenders. I was a teenager and I can remember at the meetings and casual shows I'd go to, this would always be brought up by someone in the club, something like "that's a really clean car, too back it's got the wrong block number." Looking back it was only a few bad apples, but that BS tainted my opinion of Corvette owners forever.